Islands in the Street
Gangs and American Urban Society
1st Edition
Published on 8. April 1991
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-520-07264-0 (ISBN)
Description
The overall goal of the research in this book was to understand gang phenomenon in the United States. In order to accomplish this goal, the author investigated gangs in different cities in order to understand what was similar in the way all gangs behaved and what was idiosyncratic to certain gangs. The research for this book took place over ten years and five months from 1978 to 1989 and will give the reader a comprehensive overview of gang behavior in the United States in that time period.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-07264-0 (9780520072640)
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E-Book
04/1991
1st Edition
Naval Institute Press
€33.49
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Person
Martin Sanchez Jankowski is Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Chicano/Latino Policy Project Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction 1. A Theory of Life, Social Change, and Preservation in Poor Neighborhoods 2. Hosting a Home: Competing Agendas for Life in Public Housing 3. Living Refuge: Social Change and Preservation in the Housing Project 4. Provisions for Life: Making the Mom-and-Pop Store a Neighborhood Institution 5. Taking Care of Business: Social Change and Preservation in the Mom-and-Pop Store 6. Not Just a Clip Joint: Hair Shops and the Institution of Grooming 7. Life on the Edge: Social Change and Preservation in the Hair Shop 8. The Gang's All Here: Fathering a Bastard Institution 9. All in the Family: Mothering the Gang as a Bastard Institution 10. Whither the Neighborhood High School? Contending Roles and Functions 11. School Works: The Dynamics of Two Production Lines Conclusion Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index