The tenants of East Harlem / Russell Leigh Sharman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharman, Russell Leigh, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban--New York (State)--New York.

Sociology, Urban.

Urban anthropology--New York (State)--New York.

Urban anthropology.

Ethnicity--New York (State)--New York.

Ethnicity.

Community development, Urban--New York (State)--New York.

Community development, Urban.

Gentrification--New York (State)--New York.

Gentrification.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

East Harlem

Pleasant Avenue : the Italians

106th street : the Puerto Ricans

125th Street : the African Americans

116th Street : the Mexicans

Third Avenue : the West Africans

Second avenue : the Chinese

Urban "renewal" and the final migration.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612772054

9781282772052

1282772058

9780520939547

0520939549

9781601295262

160129526X

OCLC:

476020871