| Description |
1 online resource (358 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgment -- Preface: Crossing 96th Street -- Introduction: The Capeman and the Vampires -- Chapter One: Remaking New York -- Chapter Two: Discovering Gangs: The Role of Race in the 1940s -- Chapter Three: Defending Place: Ethnicity and Territory -- Chapter Four: Becoming Men: The Use of the Streets in Defining Masculinity -- Chapter Five: Making a Gang Culture: Form, Style, and Ritual in the Gang World -- Chapter Six: Leaving the Gang: Pathways into Adulthood |
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Chapter Seven: Intervening in Gangs: The Problems and Possibilities of Social Work -- Chapter Eight: Drugs, Politics, and Gangs, 1960-1975 -- Conclusion: Comparing Gangs: Contemporary Gangs in Historical Perspective -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
"They called themselves "Vampires," "Dragons," and "Egyptian Kings." They were divided by race, ethnicity, and neighborhood boundaries, but united by common styles, slang, and codes of honor. They fought - and sometimes killed - to protect and expand their territories. In postwar New York, youth gangs were a colorful and controversial part of the urban landscape, made famous by West Side Story and infamous by the media. This is the first historical study to explore fully the culture of these gangs. Eric Schneider takes us into a world of switchblades and slums, zoot suits and bebop music to explain why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive." "Schneider focuses on the years from 1940 to 1975, but takes us up to the present in his conclusion, showing how youth gangs are no longer social organizations but economic units tied to the underground economy."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-318) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Metropolitan Museum of Art gnd |
| Subject |
Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Gangs
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Jugendbande
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Jugendkriminalität
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Jeugdbenden.
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New York (State) -- New York
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New York (N.Y.)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780691223308 |
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0691223300 |
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