New book by Martin Sanzchez-Jankowski
August 9, 2008 at 2:47 am | Posted in barbershops, beauty salons, gangs, grocery stores, neighborhoods, new books, what to read | Leave a comment
Cracks in the Pavement: Social Change and Resilience in Poor Neighborhoods (University of California Press), based on nearly a decade of fieldwork in New York and Los Angeles, examines how several types of local organizations—the grocery store, the barbershop and beauty salon, the local high school, the gang, and the housing project—structure order and stability in urban neighborhoods.
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