American project : the rise and fall of a modern ghetto /

American project : the rise and fall of a modern ghetto /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	Robert Taylor Homes. Robert Taylor Homes. Public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago. Crime in public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Housing. Crime in public housing. Public housing. Illinois -- Chicago.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8364400

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ISBN:	0674044657 (electronic bk.) 9780674044654 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 0674008308 9780674008304 0670008303 9780670008308

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. A Place to Call Home
2. Doing the Hustle
3. "What's It Like to Be in Hell?"
4. Tenants Face Off with the Gang
5. Street-Gang Diplomacy
6. The Beginning of the End of a Modern Ghetto
Author's Note
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index