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Note: Frontmatter , CONTENTS , Acknowledgments , Preface , Introduction: Contexts of Immigrant Experience: Aging in Place , PART I: Growing Old , 1. From New Harlem to El Barrio de Nueva York: A Social History of East Harlem, 1658–1948 , 2. “Yo Aprendí de Todo Gracias a la Providencia” (I Learned to Do Everything Thanks to Providence): Growing Up a Manual Laborer in an Export-Oriented Economy (1902–1948) , PART II: Growing Old in El Barrio , 3. “Buscando Ambiente”: Searching for a Better Life in a Barrio in the United States , 4. “El Barrio de Nueva York”: From the 1950s to the 1990s , 5. “Aquí Yo Me Maté Trabajando” (Here I Killed Myself Working): Work Trajectories and Experiences in the Labor Structure , PART III: Being Old in El Barrio , 6. “La Edad Es Segun la Persona” (Age Depends on the Person): The Meanings of Being Old , 7. “Los Doctores No Pueden Curar Todas las Enfermedades” (Doctors Cannot Cure All Illnesses): Illness of the Soul and of the Body , 8. “Usted Sabe Lo Triste Que Es Eso? No Tener Quien Vele por Uno?” (Do You Know How Sad That Is? Not Having Someone Watch Out There for You?): Connections and Illness of the Soul , 9. “Estamos Pobres de Dinero Pero Somos Todos Ricos” (We Are Poor in Money, But We Are All Rich): Coping with Economic Constraints in Daily Life , PART IV: Policy Ethnography of Aging in El Barrio , 10. El Barrio: A Metaphor for Social Issues in New York City , 11. “Nadie Sabe Donde Va a Parar El Barrio” (Nobody Knows Where El Barrio Will End Up): Local-Level Policy-Making , Ethnographic Findings and Policy Recommendations , Notes , References , Author Index , Subject Index , About the Author , In English