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by Herbert J. Gans (Author) "To the average Bostonian, the West End was one of the three slum areas that surrounded the city's central business district, little different in appearance..." (more)
Key Phrases: potential peer group members, peer group society, caretaking agencies, New York, North End, Southern Italian (more...)
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  • Paperback: 443 pages
  • Publisher: The Free Press (Macmillan Co., Inc.); Updated and Expanded edition (June 1, 1982)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0029112400
  • ISBN-13: 978-0029112403
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 1 customer review (1 customer review)
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To the average Bostonian, the West End was one of the three slum areas that surrounded the city's central business district, little different in appearance and name from the North or the South End. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
potential peer group members, peer group society, caretaking agencies, internal caretakers, external caretakers, project area residents, caretaking professions, peer group life, relocation housing, relocation procedures, redevelopment officials, redevelopment process, external mobility, relocation office, symbolic ethnicity
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New York, North End, Southern Italian, University of Chicago Press, Harvard University, Oscar Lewis, The Free Press of Glencoe, Beacon Hill, Marc Fried, Walter Miller, Charles River Park, Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency, Lower Class Culture, Basic Books, Redevelopment Authority, Southern Italy, World War, Boston Housing Authority, Nathan Glazer, Puerto Ricans, Social Research, Lee Rainwater, Scollay Square, South End, American Sociological Review
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