Thabit, Walter.

How East New York bename a ghetto [electronic resource] / Walter Thabit ; with a foreword by Frances Fox Piven. - New York : New York University Press, c2003. - xv, 304 p. : map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Welcome to East New York -- The population wave -- The ghettoization of East New York -- Destruction of the "target area" -- The uniformed (and other) services -- The youth of East New York -- Vest pocket planning -- Vest pocket implementation -- The model cities fiasco -- School planning -- East New York under siege -- The FHA scandals -- The community school board disaster -- Rebuilding in East New York -- The hard road to recovery -- Policing the ghetto.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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Minorities--Social conditions--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Ethnic neighborhoods--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Inner cities--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Urban policy--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.


Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.


Electronic books.

F129.B7 / T47 2003