Islands in the Street Gangs and American Urban Society

Name: Islands in the Street Gangs and American Urban Society
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ISBN: 9780520074347

ISBN-10: 0520074343

ISBN-13: 9780520074347

Edition: 1991

Authors: Martin Sanchez-Jankowski, Martï¿½n Sï¿½nchez-Jankowski

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Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/8/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Tables and Figures


Preface


Introduction



A Theory of Life, Social Change, and Preservation in Poor Neighborhoods



Hosting a Home: Competing Agendas for Life in Public Housing



Living Refuge: Social Change and Preservation in the Housing Project



Provisions for Life: Making the Mom-and-Pop Store a Neighborhood Institution



Taking Care of Business: Social Change and Preservation in the Mom-and-Pop Store



Not Just a Clip Joint: Hair Shops and the Institution of Grooming



Life on the Edge: Social Change and Preservation in the Hair Shop



The Gang's All Here: Fathering a Bastard Institution



All in the Family: Mothering the Gang as a Bastard Institution



Whither the Neighborhood High School? Contending Roles and Functions



School Works: The Dynamics of Two Production Lines


Conclusion


Methodological Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index