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    612-822-4611

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The Battle for the High Street: Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust

The Battle for the High Street: Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust

Hubbard, Phil

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 1349705527
ISBN13: 9781349705528
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 22 2019
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book analyses the social and cultural status of high streets in the age of recession and austerity. High streets are shown to have long been regarded as the heart of many communities, but have declined to a state where boarded-up and vacant retail units are a familiar sight in many British cities. The book argues that the policies deemed necessary to revive the fortunes of high streets are often thinly-veiled attacks on the tastes and cultures of the working class. Policy-makers often promote boutiques, art galleries and upmarket cafés at the expense of some of the outlets frequented by less affluent populations, including betting shops, fast food takeaways, discount stores and bargain booze outlets.

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