In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois.
In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois.
In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995, 1996.
Date
1995, 1996.
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N363.4509747/3
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Violating Apartheid in the United States -- 2. A Street History of El Barrio -- 3. Crackhouse Management: Addiction, Discipline, and Dignity -- 4. "Goin' Legit": Disrespect and Resistance at Work -- 5. School Days: Learning to be a Better Criminal -- 6. Redrawing the Gender Line on the Street --...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1995, 1996.
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Summary
For the first time, an anthropologist has managed to gain the confianza and long-term friendship of street-level drug dealers in one of the roughest ghetto neighborhoods in the United States - East Harlem. For four years, the author had completely free rein to observe, tape-record, and photograph every facet of the lives of some two dozen Puerto Ri...
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In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois.
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Structural analysis in the social sciences.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-378) and index.
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N363.4509747/3
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74VMlAQMAv3g
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ISBN
0521574609 (paperback)
9780521435185 (hardback)
0521435188 (hardback)
9780521574600 (paperback)
DDC
363.45097471
MMS ID
991003423809702626
