| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
The American social experience series ; 15 |
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American social experience series ; 15.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; CHAPTER 1 Brooklyn's ""Lower East Side"": Brownsville Before the Boys Club; CHAPTER 2 Founders, Framers, and the Formative Years: The Club Is Born; CHAPTER 3 Corner Kids and Cultural Cornerstones: The Brownsville Boys in Context; CHAPTER 4 Soldiers, Storefronts, and Social Change: The Club Carries On; CHAPTER 5 Politicians, Professionals, and Philanthropists: Sell-Out or Trade-Off?; CHAPTER 6 Fright, Flight, and Failure: Brownsville After the Boys Club |
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CHAPTER 7 Livelihoods, Longings, and Legacies: Brownsville Boys NowAPPENDIX A: Interviews; APPENDIX B: Questionnaires; Notes; Glossary; Note on Sources and Methodology; Index |
| Summary |
Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening social achievement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Brownsville Boys Club -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Brownsville Boys Club fast |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Brownsville Boys Club. swd |
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Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Jews -- Social conditions
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Social conditions
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Geschichte
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Jugend
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Fallstudiensammlung
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| SUBJECT |
Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State) -- New York -- Brownsville
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New York- Brooklyn, NY
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Juden.
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| Genre/Form |
Fallstudiensammlung
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
89012167 |
| ISBN |
9780814788981 |
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081478898X |
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