A fortress in Brooklyn : race, real estate, and the making of Hasidic Williamsburg /

Hasidic Williamsburg is famous as one of the most separatist, intensely religious, and politically savvy communities in the entire United States. Less known is how the community survived in one of New York City's toughest neighborhoods during an era of steep decline, only to later oppose and al...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Deutsch, Nathaniel (Auteur), Casper, Michael (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Sujets:
Jews > New York (State) > New York > History.
Juifs > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
HISTORY / Jewish
Jews.
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Williamsburg.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Map
  • Introduction An American Epic
  • 1. A Land Not Sown
  • 2. Paths of Heave
  • 3. The Politics of Poverty
  • 4. Chaptsem!
  • 5. The Gentrifier and the Gentrified
  • 6. The War Against the Artists
  • 7. A Fruit Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • 8. The Holy Corner
  • 9. Two-Way Street
  • 10. New Williamsburg
  • Conclusion The Camp in the Desert
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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