The uptown kids : struggle and hope in the projects /

The uptown kids : struggle and hope in the projects /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Williams, Terry M. (Terry Moses), 1948-
Imprint:	New York : Putnam, c1994.
Description:	256 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Socially handicapped youth -- New York (N.Y.) Minority youth -- New York (N.Y.) Narcotics and youth -- New York (N.Y.) Public housing -- New York (N.Y.) Minority youth. Public housing. Social conditions Youth -- Drug use. Youth with social disabilities. New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions New York (State) -- New York.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1576025

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Other authors / contributors:	Kornblum, William
ISBN:	0399138870 (alk. paper) : $24.95 ($32.50 Can.)
Notes:	"A Grosset/Putnam book." Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Public Housing Opportunity
Ch. 1. The Kids Uptown
Ch. 2. Building Community and Getting Respect
Ch. 3. Life of the Mind: Culture, Rap, and School
Ch. 4. Rap and the Coca-Cola Culture
Ch. 5. Discipline and Temptation
Ch. 6. Death and Escape
Ch. 7. Home in the Projects
Ch. 8. Growing Up
Ch. 9. Building on the Strengths of the Projects.