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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253330303321

Autore

Williams Terry

Titolo

Harlem Supers : The Social Life of a Community in Transition / / by Terry Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137439925

1137439920

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Emigration and immigration

Ethnology

Race

Social structure

Equality

Sociology

Social groups

Urban Sociology

Human Migration

Ethnography

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Social Structure

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Making a Living; 3 A Day in the Life: Sharif and Allan; 4 Doing What Supers Do: Daily Duties; 5 The Super and Informal Encounters; 6 The Super and the Community; 7 The Super and the Building; 8 Race, Class, and Poverty; 9 Working in the Field; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and



networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them. Williams closes this knowledge gap through ethnographic fieldwork, providing an in-depth analysis of the daily life of superintendents in the lower Harlem area in New York City.