In this compelling study of the crack business in East Harlem, Philippe Bourgois argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some residents of 'El Barrio' away from the legal job market, and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty. During his many years living in the neighborhood, Bourgois eventually gained the confianza of enough Barrio residents to present their hopes, plans, and disappointments in their own words. The result is an engaging and often disturbing look at the problems of the inner-city, America's ...
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In this compelling study of the crack business in East Harlem, Philippe Bourgois argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some residents of 'El Barrio' away from the legal job market, and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty. During his many years living in the neighborhood, Bourgois eventually gained the confianza of enough Barrio residents to present their hopes, plans, and disappointments in their own words. The result is an engaging and often disturbing look at the problems of the inner-city, America's greatest domestic failing.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Cambridge Univ Press, 1995. xiii+392 pages, illustrated with b/w photos. Brief margin notation on three separate pages, no other markings, else a very good copy.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0521435188. Tight clean book unmarked but for personal note to fellow author signed with author's first name only. In bright DJ with 1 cm edgetear.; Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences; 1 x 9.32 x 6.45 Inches; 392 pages.
A great analysis of the historical continuation of poverty stricken ghetto life. The up close interviews make you feel compassion for the dealers being interviewed until some less than stellar actions they participated in are revealed. Gets to the root of drug dealing in particular, and the vicious cycle of poverty in general. If you want an up close and personal of what street life in an American inner city ghetto entails, this book provides a very real window into that world.
