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How East New York Became a Ghetto Paperback – April 1, 2005
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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.
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 1, 2005
- Dimensions6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100814782671
- ISBN-13978-0814782675
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"Thabit emphasizes the central role of local institutions in contributing to urban disinvestment and decline" ― Journal of Urban History
"Walter Thabit has written a highly personal and compelling piece of retrospective analysis" ― Journal of the American Planning Association
"Thabits writing is lucid and heartfelt." ― Urban Studies
"An excellent source of data and intelligence on the formation of ghettos and the life and struggle within them" ― Science & Society
About the Author
Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate School, City University of New York. She is coeditor of Work, Welfare and Politics. Her other award-winning books include Regulating the Poor, Why Americans Don't Vote, and Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail (all with Richard Cloward).
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- Publisher : New York University Press (April 1, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0814782671
- ISBN-13 : 978-0814782675
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,937,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #914 in City Planning & Urban Development
- #1,077 in Urban Planning and Development
- #1,814 in Social Sciences Research
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The good news is that East New York is on the rise. The efforts of long time community residents and faith based organizations have made this a community for those on their way to achieving the American dream of if not home ownership, a decent place to live. How East New York Became a Ghetto is instructive in how community residents must organize themselves and align the best interests of their communities to prevent this kind of debacle from happening in their own backyard.
