How East New York Became a Ghetto

How East New York Became a Ghetto
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In response to the riots of the mid- 60s, Walter Thabit was hired to work with the community of East New York to develop a plan for low- and moderate-income public housing. In the years that followed, he experienced first-hand the forces that had engineered East New York's dramatic decline and that continued to work against its successful revitalization. How East New York Became a Ghetto describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a largely black and Puerto Rican neighborhood and shows how the resulting racially biased policies caused the deterioration of this once flourishing area. A clear-sighted, unflinching look at one ghetto community, How East New York Became a Ghetto provides insights and observations on the histories and fates of ghettos throughout the United States.
Country USA
Brand NYU Press
Manufacturer New York University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780814782675
ReleaseDate 2005-04-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780814782675

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