South Bronx battles : stories of resistance, resilience, and renewal /

"The South Bronx has been the poorest congressional district in the U.S. for nearly forty years. While boroughs like Queens and Brooklyn have gentrified, the South Bronx is often still seen as a symbol of urban decay. But in fact, its residents--primarily people of color and including many immi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLaughlin, Carolyn (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gomez, David (writer of forward.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Temas:
1900-1999
Urban renewal > New York (State)
Rénovation urbaine > New York (État)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Urban renewal.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
New York (State)
New York (State) > New York > Bronx.
1977 bronx fires.
affordable housing south bronx.
better education south bronx.
bronx burning.
bronx education.
bronx fires.
bronx health care.
bronx improvements since the 1970s.
diversity in the bronx.
health care nyc.
history of nyc.
nonprofit housing south bronx.
nyc nonprofit housing.
nyc.
poor families in the bronx.
poorest congressional district.
rebuilding the bronx.
rebuilt bronx.
social services south bronx.
south bronx.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The South Bronx
  • How the South Bronx became the poorest congressional district
  • Why the South Bronx burned
  • People fight back (1960s and 1970s)
  • Progress, but plagues descend on the South Bronx :1980s
  • Not yet paradise, but we've come a long way :1990s
  • Many faces of success : 2000-2018
  • The Bronx was the last place : reflections on displacement and gentrification.

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