Brownsville, Brooklyn : Blacks, Jews, and the changing face of the ghetto / Wendell Pritchett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchett, Wendell E.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public housing.

History.

African Americans.

Social conditions.

Community organization.

Inner cities.

Minorities.

Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations.

Brownsville (New York, N.Y.).

Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.

New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Race relations.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.

Minorities--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Inner cities--New York (State)--New York--History.

Community organization--New York (State)--New York--History.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Jews--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Jews.

New York (State)--New York.

Public housing--New York (State)--New York--History.

Physical Description:

xi, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Summary:

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Building an Immigrant Mecca: Brownsville, 1880-19402. The Optimistic Years: Brownsville in the Forties3. Blacks and Whites in the Optimistic Years4. Activism and Change: Brownsville, 1950-19575. Racial Change in a Progressive Neighborhood, 1957-19656. A Northern Civil Rights Movement: The Beth-El Hospital Strike of 19627. The Brownsville Community Council: The War on Poverty in Brownsville, 1964-19688. The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Community and the 1968 Teacher's Strike9. A Modern Ghetto? Brownsville since 1970EpilogueNotesIndex

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-317) and index.

ISBN:

0226684466

OCLC:

46402452