Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, And The Changing Face Of The Ghetto (Historical Studies Of Urban America),New

Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, And The Changing Face Of The Ghetto (Historical Studies Of Urban America),New

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From Its Founding In The Late 1800S Through The 1950S, Brownsville, A Section Of Eastern Brooklyn, Was A White, Predominantly Jewish, Workingclass Neighborhood. The Famous New York District Nurtured The Aspirations Of Thousands Of Upwardly Mobile Americans While The Infamous Gangsters Of Murder, Incorporated Controlled Its Streets. But During The 1960S, Brownsville Was Stigmatized As A Black And Latino Ghetto, A Neighborhood With One Of The City'S Highest Crime Rates. Home To The Largest Concentration Of Public Housing Units In The City, Brownsville Came To Be Viewed As Emblematic Of Urban Decline. And Yet, At The Same Time, The Neighborhood Still Supported A Wide Variety Of Grassroots Movements For Social Change.The Story Of These Two Different, But In Many Ways Similar, Brownsvilles Is Compellingly Told In This Probing New Work. Focusing On The Interaction Of Brownsville Residents With New York'S Political And Institutional Elites, Wendell Pritchett Shows How The Profound Economic And Social Changes Of Postworld War Ii America Affected The Area. He Covers A Number Of Pivotal Episodes In Brownsville'S History As Well: The Rise And Fall Of Interracial Organizations, The Struggles To Deal With Deteriorating Housing, And The Battles Over Local Schools That Culminated In The Famous 1968 Teachers Strike. Far From Just A Cautionary Tale Of Failed Policies And Institutional Neglect, The Story Of Brownsville'S Transformation, He Finds, Is One Of Mutual Struggle And Frustrated Cooperation Among Whites, Blacks, And Latinos.Ultimately, Brownsville, Brooklyn Reminds Us How Workingclass Neighborhoods Have Played, And Continue To Play, A Central Role In American History. It Is A Story That Needs To Be Read By All Those Concerned With The Many Challenges Facing America'S Cities Today.

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