Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, and the Changing Face of the Ghetto - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wendell E. PritchettSeries:Historical Studies of Urban AmericaPublish date:2003-12-01Pages:340
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226684475ISBN-10:226684474UPC:9780226684475Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, United States, AnthropologyBook Topic:State & Local, PhysicalSize:9.14 x 6.00 x 0.74 inchesWeight:1.0207Product ID:SCYTKR3AHA
Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, and the Changing Face of the Ghetto
From its founding in the late 1800s through the 1950s, Brownsville, a section of eastern Brooklyn, was a white, predominantly Jewish, working-class neighborhood. The famous New York district nurtured the aspirations of thousands of upwardly mobile Americans while the infamous gangsters of Murder, Incorporated controlled its streets. But during the 1960s, Brownsville was stigmatized as a black and...
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226684475ISBN-10:226684474UPC:9780226684475Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, United States, AnthropologyBook Topic:State & Local, PhysicalSize:9.14 x 6.00 x 0.74 inchesWeight:1.0207Product ID:SCYTKR3AHA
Wendell Pritchett is a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and assistant professor of history at Baruch College of the City University of New York.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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