ISBN:
1429413794
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9781429413794
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160129526X
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9781601295262
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9780520939547
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0520939549
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 243 p., [10] p. of plates)
,
ill., map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Tenants of East Harlem
DDC:
305.80097471
Keywords:
Sociology, Urban New York (State)
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New York
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Urban anthropology New York (State)
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New York
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Ethnicity New York (State)
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New York
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Community development, Urban New York (State)
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New York
;
Gentrification New York (State)
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New York
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Sociology, Urban
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Urban anthropology
;
Ethnicity
;
Community development, Urban
;
Gentrification
;
Community development, Urban
;
Gentrification
;
Ethnicity
;
Urban anthropology
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Sociology, Urban
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Electronic books
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Community development, Urban
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Economic history
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Ethnicity
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Gentrification
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Manners and customs
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Social conditions
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Sociology, Urban
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Urban anthropology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs
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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
;
East Harlem
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs
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New York (State) ; New York
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New York (State) ; New York ; East Harlem
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
East Harlem -- Pleasant Avenue : the Italians -- 106th street : the Puerto Ricans -- 125th Street : the African Americans -- 116th Street : the Mexicans -- Third Avenue : the West Africans -- Second avenue : the Chinese -- Urban "renewal" and the final migration.
Abstract:
Rich with the textures and rhythms of street life, The Tenants of East Harlem is an absorbing and unconventional biography of a neighborhood told through the life stories of seven residents whose experiences there span nearly a century. Modeled on the ethnic distinctions that divide the community, the book portrays the old guard of East Harlem: Pete, one of the last Italian holdouts; José, a Puerto Rican; and Lucille, an African American. Side by side with these representatives of a century of ethnic succession are the newcomers: Maria, an undocumented Mexican; Mohamed, a West African e
Description / Table of Contents:
East HarlemPleasant Avenue : the Italians -- 106th street : the Puerto Ricans -- 125th Street : the African Americans -- 116th Street : the Mexicans -- Third Avenue : the West Africans -- Second avenue : the Chinese -- Urban "renewal" and the final migration.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index. - Description based on print version record
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