Cover Image

Norman street : poverty and politics in an urban neighborhood /

Show other versions (1)

Based on a three-year study conducted in Brooklyn's Greenpoint/Williamsburg section, this book is an in-depth, detailed description of life in a multi-ethnic working class neighborhood during New York City's fiscal crisis of 1975-1978. Now updated with a new introduction to address the cha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Susser, Ida
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edition:Updated ed.
Subjects:
Municipal services > New York (State) > New York.
Finance, Public > New York (State) > New York.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions > Case studies.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > Case studies.
Services municipaux > New York (État) > New York.
Finances publiques > New York (État) > New York.
Economic history
Finance, Public
Municipal services
Social conditions
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Based on a three-year study conducted in Brooklyn's Greenpoint/Williamsburg section, this book is an in-depth, detailed description of life in a multi-ethnic working class neighborhood during New York City's fiscal crisis of 1975-1978. Now updated with a new introduction to address the changes and events of the thirty years since the book's original publication, its lessons still resonate in the impact of political and economic changes on everyday lives.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 294 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280)-and indexes.
ISBN:9780199710256
0199710252
9780199951192
0199951195
0199939136
9780199939138
1283848333
9781283848336