Making a global immigrant neighborhood : Brooklyn's Sunset Park /

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Based on more than a decade of research, Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood charts the evolution of Sunset Park--with a densely concentrated working-poor and racially diverse immigrant population--from the late 1960s to its current status as one of New York City's most vibrant neighborhoods...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hum, Tarry, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Colección:Asian American history and culture.
Temas:
Community development > New York (State) > New York > History.
Ethnic neighborhoods > New York (State) > New York > History.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History.
Quartiers ethniques > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Développement communautaire > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Community development
Ethnic neighborhoods
Immigrants
Nachbarschaft
Ethnische Beziehungen
Einwanderer
Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Sunset Park
Sunset Park > New York, NY
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Immigrant Places: Toward a Theory of Global Neighborhoods; 2. Making Sunset Park: Settlement, Decline, and Transformation; 3. The Working Poverty of Neighborhood Revitalization: Industrial Sweatshops and Street Vendors; 4. Immigrant Growth Coalitions and Neighborhood Change: The Role of Ethnic Banks; 5. Gentrifying Sunset Park: Community Boards, City Planning, and a Migrant Civil Society; 6. Power Plants, Sex Shops, Industrial Zones, and Open Space: The Politics of a Sustainable Working Waterfront; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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