Norman Street : poverty and politics in an urban neighborhood / [electronic resource]
by Susser, Ida.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: Updated ed.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199951192 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Municipal services -- New York (State) -- New York | Finance, Public -- New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditionsOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Based on a three-year study conducted in Brooklyn's Greenpoint/Williamsburg section, this book is an in-depth, detailed description of life in a multi-ethnic working class neighborhood during New York City's fiscal crisis of 1975-1978. Now updated with a new introduction to address the changes and events of the thirty years since the book's original publication, its lessons still resonate in the impact of political and economic changes on everyday lives.
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Previous ed.: 1982.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on a three-year study conducted in Brooklyn's Greenpoint/Williamsburg section, this book is an in-depth, detailed description of life in a multi-ethnic working class neighborhood during New York City's fiscal crisis of 1975-1978. Now updated with a new introduction to address the changes and events of the thirty years since the book's original publication, its lessons still resonate in the impact of political and economic changes on everyday lives.
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