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The rent collectors : exploitation, murder, and redemption in immigrant LA / Jesse Katz.
Van Pelt Library HV6439.U7 L73326 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katz, Jesse, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--California--Los Angeles--Case studies.
- Gangs.
- Immigrants--California--Los Angeles--Case studies.
- Immigrants.
- Latin Americans--California--Los Angeles--Case studies.
- Latin Americans.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- True crime stories.
- Physical Description:
- 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Exploitation, murder, and redemption in immigrant Los Angeles
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Astra House, [2024]
- Summary:
- "The gripping true story about a botched gang murder set in the invisible economy of LA's immigrant street vendors"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part One (1980-2007). A forgotten planet
- The shadows of life
- Lad vida loca
- Social citizenship
- Marked for life
- To rise above conformity
- Do something
- I am real
- Why do we have to pay?
- The drama
- The right guy
- The price you pay
- Part Two (2007). Something bigger than yourself
- The suspect
- No one sees nothing
- A change of plans
- Make him feel at ease
- Headfirst into the deep end
- As if all were alive and dead
- Get something on paper
- A new life
- The right way
- Just to set an example
- The kid doesn't know what's coming
- Part Three (2007-2013). I want to go home
- Stained
- Not part of nothing no more
- Sideways from there
- He let me live
- Everybody's elses fault
- Tell the truth
- It took getting shot
- The rogues
- Sensitive needs
- Parables
- Part Four (2014-2023). Deep inconsistencies
- A second chance
- What do I have to offer?
- The truth of who we are
- Author's note
- Acknowledgments
- Sources
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Katz, Jesse. Rent collectors
- ISBN:
- 9781662601736
- 1662601735
- OCLC:
- 1406019974
- Publisher Number:
- 99996738556
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