Bronx Faces and Voices : Sixteen Stories of Courage and Community /

"For the first time in print, rich, provocative first-hand stories of life in the Bronx in the twentieth century. In Bronx Faces and Voices, sixteen men and women tell their personal, uncensored stories of the New York City borough--before, during, and after the troubled years of arson, crime,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rosenblum, Walter, 1919-2006 (Fotógrafo), Comerford, Georgeen (Fotógrafo), Munch, Janet Butler, 1950- (Editor ), Hill, Emita Brady (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Urban beautification.
Social conditions
Manners and customs.
Courage.
Community life.
Community development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Courage > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Communaute > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Courage > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Community development > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Urban beautification > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Community life > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York > Bronx.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography > Portraits.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Biography > Portraits.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
Portraits.
Case studies.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction by Emita Hill
  • Part One. The First Wave
  • Moe (Morris Greenstein)
  • Irving (Irving Bick)
  • Part Two. Community Organizers
  • Ada (Ada Quiñones)
  • Rae (Raquel Flores)
  • Carmen (Carmen Bermudez)
  • Susan (Susan Boyd)
  • Part Three. The Stabilizers
  • Father Bob (Father Robert Banome)
  • Eae (Eae Mitchell)
  • The Bishop (Bishop Ernest Crooms)
  • Part Four. Movers and Shakers
  • Irma (Irma Fleck)
  • Mike (Michael Nuñez)
  • Ray (Ramon Velez)
  • Part Five. The Politicians
  • Stanley (Stanley Friedman)
  • Jay (Harrison J. Goldin)
  • Bobby (Robert Abrams)
  • Mario (Mario Biaggi)
  • Afterword
  • Epilogue
  • Contributors
  • Appendix A: Map Showing Distribution of Interviews in BRACHS by Neighborhood
  • Appendix B: Chronology of Elected Officials.

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