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About the Authors Xavier de Souza Briggs is Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning at MIT and a former senior policy official in the U.S. government. His interests are in racial and ethnic diversity inequality, and democracy in cities. Geoffrey Coats is a principal and co-founder of the Urban Conservancy. He works in a small graphic design studio in New Orleans and holds degrees in telecommunications and history. Prior to helping establish the Urban Conservancy, Mr. Coats conducted research in France, Senegal, and the United States and taught history at Loyola University of New Orleans. James R. Elliott is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans. His research interests include urban sociology, race and ethnic relations, and labor market inequalities. Currently, he is conducting research on workplace power and immigrant churning through established gateway regions. Kevin Fox Gotham is Associate Professor of Sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans. His research interests are in urban sociology, political economy, and comparative-historical sociology. He is currently exploring the globalization of real estate, the restructuring of the U.S. housing finance system, and the political economy of tourism. Robert Kleidman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University. He has been studying and working with community organizers as a form of engaged scholarship. This work is described in his “Public Sociology” column in the May/June 2004 issue of Footnotes <http://www.asanet.org/footnotes>. He has also studied and written about the peace movement in the United States (Organizing for Peace , 1994). Richard Lloyd is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. His research focuses on the interplay of economic and cultural dynamics in contemporary U.S. cities. He is a former member of the Transnationalism Project at the University of Chicago. His publications include “Neo-Bohemia: Art and Neighborhood Redevelopment in Chicago,” Journal of Urban Affairs 24(5) (2002), and (with Terry Nichols Clark) “The City as an Entertainment Machine,” Research in Urban Sociology 6 (2001). He is currently working on a book expanding on research presented in this issue. Edward Melendez worked in operations, sales, and business development positions for NeoSoft and NTT Communications, a multinational data carrier, prior to helping establish the Urban Conservancy. Mr. Melendez studied religion and classical languages at the University of New Mexico and has studied at the Universities of New Orleans and Havana. He is a fellow of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University in New Orleans and currently serves on the board of the New Orleans Food and Farm Network. Melinda J. Milligan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. Her re- search interests include place attachment, historic preservation, and the social psychology of the built environment. Currently, she is researching decision-making processes in the renovation of historic houses in New Orleans and San Francisco. City & Community 3:4 December 2004 American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4701 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City and Community SAGE

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SAGE
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1535-6841
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1540-6040
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10.1111/j.1535-6841.2004.00099.x
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Xavier de Souza Briggs is Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning at MIT and a former senior policy official in the U.S. government. His interests are in racial and ethnic diversity inequality, and democracy in cities. Geoffrey Coats is a principal and co-founder of the Urban Conservancy. He works in a small graphic design studio in New Orleans and holds degrees in telecommunications and history. Prior to helping establish the Urban Conservancy, Mr. Coats conducted research in France, Senegal, and the United States and taught history at Loyola University of New Orleans. James R. Elliott is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans. His research interests include urban sociology, race and ethnic relations, and labor market inequalities. Currently, he is conducting research on workplace power and immigrant churning through established gateway regions. Kevin Fox Gotham is Associate Professor of Sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans. His research interests are in urban sociology, political economy, and comparative-historical sociology. He is currently exploring the globalization of real estate, the restructuring of the U.S. housing finance system, and the political economy of tourism. Robert Kleidman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University. He has been studying and working with community organizers as a form of engaged scholarship. This work is described in his “Public Sociology” column in the May/June 2004 issue of Footnotes <http://www.asanet.org/footnotes>. He has also studied and written about the peace movement in the United States (Organizing for Peace , 1994). Richard Lloyd is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. His research focuses on the interplay of economic and cultural dynamics in contemporary U.S. cities. He is a former member of the Transnationalism Project at the University of Chicago. His publications include “Neo-Bohemia: Art and Neighborhood Redevelopment in Chicago,” Journal of Urban Affairs 24(5) (2002), and (with Terry Nichols Clark) “The City as an Entertainment Machine,” Research in Urban Sociology 6 (2001). He is currently working on a book expanding on research presented in this issue. Edward Melendez worked in operations, sales, and business development positions for NeoSoft and NTT Communications, a multinational data carrier, prior to helping establish the Urban Conservancy. Mr. Melendez studied religion and classical languages at the University of New Mexico and has studied at the Universities of New Orleans and Havana. He is a fellow of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University in New Orleans and currently serves on the board of the New Orleans Food and Farm Network. Melinda J. Milligan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. Her re- search interests include place attachment, historic preservation, and the social psychology of the built environment. Currently, she is researching decision-making processes in the renovation of historic houses in New Orleans and San Francisco. City & Community 3:4 December 2004 American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4701

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