Cracks in the pavement: social change and resilience in poor neighborhoods

A theory of life, social change, and preservation in poor neighborhoods -- Give me shelter : competing agendas for life in public housing -- A living refuge : social change and preservation in the housing project -- Provisions for life : making the mom-and-pop store a neighborhood institution -- Tak...

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Main Author: Sánchez-Jankowski, Martín (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] Univ. of California Press c 2008
In:Year: 2008
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Keywords:
Inner cities > United States > Case studies
Los Angeles, Calif. > Armut > Sozialer Wandel > Slum > Soziales Netzwerk
New York, NY > Armut > Sozialer Wandel > Slum > Soziales Netzwerk
Poor > Social networks > California > Los Angeles
Poor > Social networks > New York (State) > New York
Social Change > California > Los Angeles
Social Change > New York (State) > New York
Urban poor > Social networks > California > Los Angeles
Urban poor > Social networks > New York (State) > New York
Urban poor > United States > Case studies
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Summary:A theory of life, social change, and preservation in poor neighborhoods -- Give me shelter : competing agendas for life in public housing -- A living refuge : social change and preservation in the housing project -- Provisions for life : making the mom-and-pop store a neighborhood institution -- Taking care of business : social change and preservation in the mom-and-pop store -- Not just a clip joint : hair shops and the institution of grooming -- Life on the edge : social change and preservation in the hair shop -- The gang's all here : fathering a bastard institution -- All in the family : mothering the gang as a bastard institution -- Whither the neighborhood high school? Contending roles and functions -- School works : the dynamics of two production lines. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-466) and index. - Formerly CIP
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 443 - 466) and index
Physical Description:XIV, 487 S. graph. Darst. 23 cm
ISBN:0520256441
0520256751
9780520256446
9780520256750