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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778448403321

Autore

Rieder Jonathan

Titolo

Canarsie : the Jews and Italians of Brooklyn against liberalism / / Jonathan Rieder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 1985

ISBN

0-674-04274-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 290 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Disciplina

974.7/23

Soggetti

Jews - New York (State) - New York - Politics and government

Jews - New York (State) - New York - Attitudes

Italian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Politics and government

Italian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Attitudes

Liberalism - New York (State) - New York

Canarsie (New York, N.Y.) Politics and government

New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction Danger and Dispossession Part 1: History 1. The Fenced land 2. Ethnic Tradition Part 2: TERRITORIAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL THREATS 3. Vulnerable Places 4. The Lost People 5. The Reverence is Gone Part 3: REACTIONS TO THREAT 6. Striking Back 7. Canarsie Schools for Canarsie Children 8. The Trials of Liberalism Notes Index