How East New York bename a ghetto [electronic resource] / Walter Thabit ; with a foreword by Frances Fox Piven.
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TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2003.Description: xv, 304 p. : mapSubject(s): - Minorities -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Ethnic neighborhoods -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Inner cities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Urban policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations
- F129.B7 T47 2003eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Welcome to East New York -- The population wave -- The ghettoization of East New York -- Destruction of the "target area" -- The uniformed (and other) services -- The youth of East New York -- Vest pocket planning -- Vest pocket implementation -- The model cities fiasco -- School planning -- East New York under siege -- The FHA scandals -- The community school board disaster -- Rebuilding in East New York -- The hard road to recovery -- Policing the ghetto.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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