04911nam 22011054a 450 991078441280332120230207223832.01-282-77205-897866127720540-520-93954-91-60129-526-X10.1525/9780520939547(CKB)1000000000354355(EBL)275310(OCoLC)476020871(SSID)ssj0000257100(PQKBManifestationID)11203996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257100(PQKBWorkID)10228129(PQKB)10272598(MiAaPQ)EBC275310(DE-B1597)519295(OCoLC)729022678(DE-B1597)9780520939547(Au-PeEL)EBL275310(CaPaEBR)ebr10146819(CaONFJC)MIL277205(OCoLC)76965340(EXLCZ)99100000000035435520050725d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe tenants of East Harlem[electronic resource] /Russell Leigh SharmanBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24427-3 0-520-24747-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.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.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.Sociology, UrbanNew York (State)New YorkUrban anthropologyNew York (State)New YorkEthnicityNew York (State)New YorkCommunity development, UrbanNew York (State)New YorkGentrificationNew York (State)New YorkEast Harlem (New York, N.Y.)Social conditionsEast Harlem (New York, N.Y.)Economic conditionsEast Harlem (New York, N.Y.)Social life and customsafrican americans.america.anthropologists.anthropology.chinese americans.class differences.east harlem.ethnic differences.gender studies.gentrification.harlem residents.housing.immigrant experiences.inner city life.italian americans.new york.nonfiction biography.oral histories.personal stories.puerto ricans.race issues.sociology.street life.transient living.undocumented mexicans.united states.urban history.urban life.west africa.Sociology, UrbanUrban anthropologyEthnicityCommunity development, UrbanGentrification305.8/009747/1Sharman Russell Leigh1972-1522410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784412803321The tenants of East Harlem3762083UNINA