How East New York became a ghetto [electronic resource] / Walter Thabit ; with a foreword by Frances Fox Piven.
Record details
- ISBN: 141758839X (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781417588398 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 304 p.) : map.
- Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2003.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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