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by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (Foreword: William Julius Wilson)
Publisher: Harvard University Press (2000-11-13)
ISBN: 0674003217
Binding/Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Condition: Collectible: Like New
Comments: 2000. First Edition. First Printing. Full number line. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine DJ. Challenging the conventional notion of public housing as a failure, this startling book re-creates tenants? thirty-year effort to build a safe and secure neighborhood: their political battles for services from an indifferent city bureaucracy, their daily confrontation with entrenched poverty, their painful decisions about whether to work with or against the street gangs whose drug dealing both sustained and imperiled their lives. American Project explores the fundamental question of what makes a community viable. In his chronicle of tenants? political and personal struggles to create a decent place to live. Blue boards, black spine with gold gilt lettering. Jacket not price clipped. Price on Jacket $29.95. Little wear to DJ. No rips or tears. Text is clean and tight with no writing or highlighting. 332p. including index. Protected in archival Mylar.
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