Title In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois

Edition 2nd ed Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 407 pages) : illustrations Series Structural analysis in the social sciences Structural analysis in the social sciences Contents Introduction -- Violating apartheid in the United States -- A street history of El Barrio -- Crackhouse management: addiction, discipline, and dignity -- "Goin' legit": disrespect and resistance at work -- School days: learning to be a better criminal -- Redrawing the gender line on the street -- Families and children in pain -- Vulnerable fathers -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Epilogue 2003 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-392) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Crack (Drug) -- New York (State) -- New York Drug traffic -- New York (State) -- New York Hispanic Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- New York Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions African Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- New York Informal sector (Economics) -- New York (State) -- New York Marginality, Social -- New York (State) -- New York SUBJECT East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions Form Electronic book Author Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780511808562 (electronic bk.) 0511808569 (electronic bk.)

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