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Black Corona : Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community.
In Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory demonstrates instead how workin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Princeton studies in culture/power/history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory demonstrates instead how working-class and middle-class African Americans construct and negotiate complex and deeply historical political identities and institutions through struggles over the built environment and neighborhood quality of life. With its emphasis on the lived experiences of African Americans, Black Corona provides a fresh a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400839315 1400839319 1283379864 9781283379861 |