The tenants of East Harlem /

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
Subject:	Sociology, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York. Urban anthropology -- New York (State) -- New York. Ethnicity -- New York (State) -- New York. Community development, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York. Gentrification -- New York (State) -- New York. Community development, Urban. Economic history. Ethnicity. Gentrification. Manners and customs. Social conditions Sociology, Urban. Urban anthropology. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. New York (State) -- New York. New York (State) -- New York -- East Harlem. Electronic books.
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 0520244273 0520247477 9780520244276 9780520247475 1282772058 9781282772052 9786612772054 6612772050
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