| Description |
xii, 342 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Urban anthropology and U.S. cities / Leith Mullings -- 1. Public policy and the urban poor: The underground economy of a poor neighborhood / Jagna Sharff ; The welfare trap : a public policy of deprivation / Ida Susser and John Kreniske -- 2. Urban junctures : organizations, institutions, and networks: Class and ethnic political relations in Newark, New Jersey : Blacks and Italians / Gwendolyn Mikell ; The "community" and organizations in the community / Delmos Jones ; Ethnoecology of urban schooling / John Ogbu ; Anthropological work at a Gray Panther health clinic : academic, applied, and advocacy goals / Roger Sanjek ; The foundations and genesis of a Mexican-American community : a sociohistorical perspective / Robert R. Alvarez ; The Colonial polo Club : an examination of class processes in the suburban-rural fringe / Benjamin Miller -- 3. Urban kinship : generations and gender: Urban kinship in contemporary America : families, classes, and ideology / Rayna Rapp ; Work and women's liberation : a case study of garment workers / Helen I. Safa ; Sterilization among Puerto Rican women in New York City : public policy and social constraints / Iris Lopez ; Kinship and class in Chicago / Raymond T. Smith -- 4. The study of the city : theory, ethics, and advocacy: Theory and ethics in applied urban anthropology / Eleanor Leacock. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- United States.
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Urban anthropology.
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Urban policy -- United States.
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| Indexed Term |
United States Urban regions |
| Added Author |
Mullings, Leith.
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| ISBN |
0231050011 paperback $14.50 |
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0231050003 hardcover $40.00 |
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