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Author	Thabit, Walter
Title	How East New York became a ghetto / Walter Thabit ; with a foreword by Frances Fox Piven
Imprint	New York : New York University Press, [2003]
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Contents

Foreword / Frances Fox Piven

Acknowledgments

Introduction 1

1 Welcome to East New York 7

2 The Population Wave 23

3 The Ghettoization of East New York 37

4 Destruction of the "Target Area" 55

5 The Uniformed (and Other) Services 70

6 The Youth of East New York 83

7 Vest Pocket Planning 101

8 Vest Pocket Implementation 122

9 The Model Cities Fiasco 138

10 School Planning 150

11 East New York under Siege 169

12 The FHA Scandals 178

13 The Community School Board Disaster 188

14 Rebuilding in East New York 205

15 The Hard Road to Recovery 228

16 Policing the Ghetto 247

Epilogue 271

Notes 275

Index 293

About the Author 304

Description xv, 304 pages : map ; 24 cm

Note Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents Welcome to East New York -- The population wave -- The ghettoization of East New York -- Destruction of the "target area" -- The uniformed (and other) services -- The youth of East New York -- Vest pocket planning -- Vest pocket implementation -- The model cities fiasco -- School planning -- East New York under siege -- The FHA scandals -- The community school board disaster -- Rebuilding in East New York -- The hard road to recovery -- Policing the ghetto

Summary "In response to the riots of the mid-60s, Walter Thabit was hired to work with the community of East New York to develop a plan for low- and moderate-income housing. In the years that followed, he experienced firsthand the forces that had engineered East New York's dramatic decline and that continued to work against successful revitalization. How East New York Became a Ghetto describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a large black and Puerto Rican one, and shows how a series of racially biased policies caused the deterioration of this once-flourishing area." "A clear-sighted, unflinching look at one ghetto community, How East New York Became a Ghetto provides insights and observations on the histories and fates of ghettos throughout the United States."--Jacket

Subjects Minorities -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century

African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Ethnic neighborhoods -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century

Inner cities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century

Urban policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations

New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century

New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations

Genre/Form History. fast

LC NO F129.B7 T47 2003

Dewey No 305.8/009747/23 21

OCLC # 51647551

ISBN 0814782663 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780814782668 (cloth : alk. paper)

0814782671 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780814782675 (pbk. : alk. paper)

	Foreword / Frances Fox Piven
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Welcome to East New York	7
2	The Population Wave	23
3	The Ghettoization of East New York	37
4	Destruction of the "Target Area"	55
5	The Uniformed (and Other) Services	70
6	The Youth of East New York	83
7	Vest Pocket Planning	101
8	Vest Pocket Implementation	122
9	The Model Cities Fiasco	138
10	School Planning	150
11	East New York under Siege	169
12	The FHA Scandals	178
13	The Community School Board Disaster	188
14	Rebuilding in East New York	205
15	The Hard Road to Recovery	228
16	Policing the Ghetto	247
	Epilogue	271
	Notes	275
	Index	293
	About the Author	304