03650nam 2200757Ia 450 991080770610332120200520144314.00-8147-8436-40-8147-8341-41-4175-8839-X10.18574/nyu/9780814783412(CKB)1000000000031463(EBL)865916(OCoLC)779828302(SSID)ssj0000173460(PQKBManifestationID)11169881(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173460(PQKBWorkID)10164916(PQKB)10735573(OCoLC)58840768(MdBmJHUP)muse10393(Au-PeEL)EBL865916(CaPaEBR)ebr10078476(DE-B1597)548463(DE-B1597)9780814783412(MiAaPQ)EBC865916(EXLCZ)99100000000003146320030208d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow East New York bename a ghetto /Walter Thabit ; with a foreword by Frances Fox Piven1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20031 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8267-1 0-8147-8266-3 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.In response to the riots of the mid-'60s, Walter Thabit was hired to work with the community of East New York to develop a plan for low- and moderate-income public housing. In the years that followed, he experienced first-hand the forces that had engineered East New York's dramatic decline and that continued to work against its successful revitalization. How East New York Became a Ghetto describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a largely black and Puerto Rican neighborhood and shows how the resulting racially biased policies caused the deterioration oMinoritiesNew York (State)New YorkSocial conditions20th centuryAfrican AmericansNew York (State)New YorkSocial conditions20th centuryEthnic neighborhoodsNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryInner citiesNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryUrban policyNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Social conditions20th centuryBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Ethnic relationsNew York (N.Y.)Social conditions20th centuryNew York (N.Y.)Ethnic relationsMinoritiesSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsEthnic neighborhoodsHistoryInner citiesHistoryUrban policyHistory305.8/009747/23Thabit Walter1607131MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807706103321How East New York bename a ghetto4185032UNINA