Home as investment: Housing markets and cultures of urban change in Houston

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dc.contributor.advisorMarcus, George E.en_US
dc.creatorEspino, Nilson Arielen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:37:32Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:37:32Zen_US
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation is an ethnographic study of the conventions and practices of the actors of the US middle-class housing market concerning housing and neighborhood architectural change and management and its perceived relation to the protection of real estate investments. The ethnography takes as its starting point the widespread concern of the middle-class sector of American society with the preservation of residential "property values" and attempts to understand the interaction between more traditional (sociocultural) middle-class landscape "conservatism"---as reflected in a restrictive attitude towards neighborhood change---and the symbolic demands of large-scale housing markets with which homeowners engage for purposes of wealth accumulation and social mobility. The research explores the ways in which middle-class neighborhoods are managed, improved and controlled with the purposes of protecting and improving home values and explores the large-scale urban impacts of these behaviors and ideas. The research also includes a critique of this model of city management insofar as it entails housing discrimination, urban segregation and spatial exclusion for the urban poor. An informal comparison with Latin American urban growth patterns is made. The research takes place in the City of Houston, Texas and involves interviews and participant-observation fieldwork.en_US
dc.format.extent161 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ANTH. 2005 ESPINOen_US
dc.identifier.citationEspino, Nilson Ariel. "Home as investment: Housing markets and cultures of urban change in Houston." (2005) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18760">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18760</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/18760en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectCultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectUrban planningen_US
dc.subjectRegional planningen_US
dc.titleHome as investment: Housing markets and cultures of urban change in Houstonen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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