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 neighbo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hum, Tarry, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nachbarschaft.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Einwanderer.
Immigrants.
Ethnic neighborhoods.
Community development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History.
Ethnic neighborhoods > New York (State) > New York > History.
Community development > New York (State) > New York > History.
Sunset Park.
New York (State) > New York > Sunset Park.
New York (State) > New York.
Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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