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International express : New Yorkers on the 7 train /

Nicknamed the International Express, the New York City Transit Authority 7 subway line runs through a highly diverse series of ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods in Queens. People from Andean South America, Central America, China, India, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, and Vietnam,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Tonnelat, Stéphane (Autor), Kornblum, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Becoming New Yorkers on the 7 train
  • Coping with diversity aboard the "International Express"
  • Walking to the stations, code switching, and the I-we-you shift
  • The 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue Station: universalism, differentiation, and discrimination
  • Trust in the subway: exploring the situational community in transit
  • Gender relations on the subway
  • Teenagers on the 7 train
  • Subway city: the 7 train as an engine of urbanism
  • Conclusion: a world of subway citizens.