How East New York Became a Ghetto

How East New York Became a Ghetto

In response to the riots of the mid- 60s, Walter Thabit was hired to work with the community of East New York to develop a plan for low- and moderate-income public housing. In the years that followed, he experienced first-hand the forces that had engineered East New York's dramatic decline and that continued to work against its successful revitalization. How East New York Became a Ghetto describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a largely black and Puerto Rican neighborhood and shows how the resulting racially biased policies caused the deterioration of this once flourishing area. A clear-sighted, unflinching look at one ghetto community, How East New York Became a Ghetto provides insights and observations on the histories and fates of ghettos throughout the United States.

Country	USA
Author	Walter Thabit
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: New York University Press
EAN	9780814782675
Edition	Revised
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0814782671
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	New York University Press
Manufacturer	New York University Press
MPN	maps
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	304
PartNumber	maps
PublicationDate	2005-04-01
Publisher	New York University Press
ReleaseDate	2005-04-01
Studio	New York University Press

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