ISBN:
141758839X
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9781417588398
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xv, 304 p.)
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map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version How East New York became a ghetto
DDC:
305.800974723
Keywords:
Minorities Social conditions
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20th century
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New York (State)
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New York
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African Americans Social conditions
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20th century
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New York (State)
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New York
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Ethnic neighborhoods History
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20th century
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New York (State)
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New York
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Inner cities History
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20th century
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New York (State)
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New York
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Urban policy History
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20th century
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New York (State)
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New York
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African Americans Social conditions 20th century
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Ethnic neighborhoods History 20th century
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Inner cities History 20th century
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Urban policy History 20th century
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Minorities Social conditions 20th century
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Urban policy History 20th century
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Minorities Social conditions 20th century
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Inner cities History 20th century
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Ethnic neighborhoods History 20th century
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African Americans Social conditions 20th century
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Electronic books
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Minorities ; Social conditions
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Social conditions
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Urban policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Ethnic relations
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Inner cities
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African Americans ; Social conditions
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Ethnic neighborhoods
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History
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions
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20th century
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Ethnic relations
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New York (N.Y.) Social conditions
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20th century
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New York (N.Y.) Ethnic relations
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New York (State)
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New York
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New York (State)
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New York
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Brooklyn
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New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century
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New York (N.Y.) Ethnic relations
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Ethnic relations
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Ethnic relations
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New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century
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New York (N.Y.) Ethnic relations
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New York (State) ; New York
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New York (State) ; New York ; Brooklyn
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Electronic book
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
In response to the riots of the mid-'60s, Walter Thabit was hired to work with the community of East New York to develop a plan for low- and moderate-income public housing. In the years that followed, he experienced first-hand the forces that had engineered East New York's dramatic decline and that continued to work against its successful revitalization. How East New York Became a Ghetto describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a largely black and Puerto Rican neighborhood and shows how the resulting racially biased policies caused the deterioration o
Abstract:
Welcome to East New York --Population wave --Ghettoization of East New York --Destruction of the "target area" --Uniformed (and other) services --Youth of East New York --Vest pocket planning --Vest pocket implementation --Model cities fiasco --School planning --East New York under siege --FHA scandals --Community school board disaster --Rebuilding in East New York --Hard road to recovery --Policing the ghetto.
Description / Table of Contents:
Welcome to East New YorkPopulation waveGhettoization of East New YorkDestruction of the "target area"Uniformed (and other) servicesYouth of East New YorkVest pocket planningVest pocket implementationModel cities fiascoSchool planningEast New York under siegeFHA scandalsCommunity school board disasterRebuilding in East New YorkHard road to recoveryPolicing the ghetto.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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