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King Kong on 4th Street

King Kong on 4th Street Families and the Violence of Poverty on the Lower East Side

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In King Kong on 4th Street, Jagna Sharff chronicles an ethnographic team's involvement over a span of fifteen years with the people of a poor, largely Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City. Anchoring her observations in field notes, she recounts the joys, fears, and disappointments of daily life as well as the drama of large events. Arson, the

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Book information

ISBN: 9780367316488
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.86872950747
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 271
Weight: 494g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 16mm

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