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A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hagedorn, John, 1947-
- Series:
- Globalization and community ; v. 14.
- Globalization and community ; v. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Hagedorn explores the international proliferation of the urban gang as a consequence of the ravages of globalization. Looking closely at gang formation in Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown he discovers that gangs have institutionalized as a strategy to confront a hopeless cycle of poverty, racism, and oppression and provides vital insights into the ideology and persistence of gangs around the world.
- Contents:
- 1. Globalizing gangs
- 2. Race, space, and the power of identity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-5664-9
- OCLC:
- 476167530
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