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Nurturing Neighborhood : The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990 /
Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[1992]
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| Colección: | The American Social Experience ;
21 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- CHAPTER 1. Brooklyn's "Lower East Side": Brownsville Before the Boys Club
- CHAPTER 2. Founders, Framers, and the Formative Years: The Club Is Born
- CHAPTER 3. Corner Kids and Cultural Cornerstones: The Brownsville Boys in Context
- CHAPTER 4. Soldiers, Storefronts, and Social Change: The Club Carries On
- CHAPTER 5. Politicians, Professionals, and Philanthropists: Sell-Out or Trade-Off?
- CHAPTER 6. Fright, Flight, and Failure: Brownsville After the Boys Club
- CHAPTER 7. Livelihoods, Longings, and Legacies: Brownsville Boys Now
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- Notes
- Glossary
- Note on Sources and Methodology
- Index