South Street / Barbara G. Mensch ; introduction by Phillip Lopate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mensch, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fulton Fish Market (New York, N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Organized crime.

Employees.

History.

Fishery processing industries.

Social conditions.

Manners and customs.

South Street (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

South Street (New York, N.Y.).

South Street (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.

New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.

Fulton Fish Market (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works.

Fishery processing industries--New York (State)--New York--Employees--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Fishery processing industries--New York (State)--New York--Employees--Biography.

Organized crime--New York (State)--New York--Employees--History--20th century.

Oral history.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Biographies.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

180 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]

Summary:

"South Street" is an evocative, visual tribute to the Lower East Side's Fulton Fish Market with photographs and rich oral testimonies that capture the unique personality and fierce secrecy of a vibrant working-class culture.

Contents:

Introduction: The Fulton Fish Market / Phillip Lopate 1

A South Street Story / Barbara G. Mensch 45.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-178).

ISBN:

0231139322

9780231139328

0231511345

9780231511346

OCLC:

70062994