Description
Title: In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio
Author: Philippe Bourgois
ISBN: 9780521574600
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 406
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher : In this compelling study of the crack business in East Harlem, Philippe Bourgois argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some residents of ‘El Barrio’ away from the legal job market, and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty. During his many years living in the neighborhood, Bourgois eventually gained the confianza of enough Barrio residents to present their hopes, plans, and disappointments in their own words. The result is an engaging and often disturbing look at the problems of the inner-city, America’s greatest domestic failing.
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