Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/cttszw6x
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Title
Tenants of East Harlem.
International Standard Book Number
0520244273
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Community development, Urban-- New York (State)-- New York.
Ethnicity-- New York (State)-- New York.
Gentrification-- New York (State)-- New York.
Sociology, Urban-- New York (State)-- New York.
Urban anthropology-- New York (State)-- New York.
Community development, Urban.
Economic history.
Ethnicity.
Gentrification.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
Sociology, Urban.
Urban anthropology.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Economic conditions.
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Social conditions.
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Social life and customs.