The tenants of East Harlem /

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Author / Creator:Sharman, Russell Leigh, 1972-
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149181
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ISBN:9780520939547
0520939549
1429413794
9781429413794
160129526X
9781601295262
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0520247477
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9780520247475
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Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Rich with the textures and rhythms of street life, The Tenants of East Harlem is an absorbing and unconventional biography of a neighborhood told through the life stories of seven residents whose experiences there span nearly a century. Modeled on the ethnic distinctions that divide the community, the book portrays the old guard of East Harlem: Pete, one of the last Italian holdouts; José, a Puerto Rican; and Lucille, an African American. Side by side with these representatives of a century of ethnic succession are the newcomers: Maria, an undocumented Mexican; Mohamed, a West African e.
Other form:Print version: Sharman, Russell Leigh, 1972- Tenants of East Harlem. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520244273
Standard no.:10.1525/9780520939547
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Summary:Rich with the textures and rhythms of street life, The Tenants of East Harlem is an absorbing and unconventional biography of a neighborhood told through the life stories of seven residents whose experiences there span nearly a century. Modeled on the ethnic distinctions that divide the community, the book portrays the old guard of East Harlem: Pete, one of the last Italian holdouts; José, a Puerto Rican; and Lucille, an African American. Side by side with these representatives of a century of ethnic succession are the newcomers: Maria, an undocumented Mexican; Mohamed, a West African entrepreneur; Si Zhi, a Chinese immigrant and landlord; and, finally, the author himself, a reluctant beneficiary of urban renewal. Russell Leigh Sharman deftly weaves these oral histories together with fine-grained ethnographic observations and urban history to examine the ways that immigration, housing, ethnic change, gentrification, race, class, and gender have affected the neighborhood over time. Providing unique access to the nuances of inner-city life, The Tenants of East Harlem shows how roots sink so quickly in a community that has always hosted the transient, how new immigrants are challenging the claims of the old, and how that cycle is threatened as never before by the specter of gentrification.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
ISBN:9780520939547
0520939549
1429413794
9781429413794
160129526X
9781601295262
0520244273
0520247477
9780520244276
9780520247475
1282772058
9781282772052
9786612772054
6612772050