Author: Theodore Lester HarrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780878924301
Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Curbstone Dragons
Author: Theodore Lester HarrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780878924301
Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1610
Book Description
Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings
Author: Eric C. SchneiderPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691223300
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
They called themselves "Vampires," "Dragons," and "Egyptian Kings." They were divided by race, ethnicity, and neighborhood boundaries, but united by common styles, slang, and codes of honor. They fought--and sometimes killed--to protect and expand their territories. In postwar New York, youth gangs were a colorful and controversial part of the urban landscape, made famous by West Side Story and infamous by the media. This is the first historical study to explore fully the culture of these gangs. Eric Schneider takes us into a world of switchblades and slums, zoot suits and bebop music to explain why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. Schneider begins by describing how postwar urban renewal, slum clearances, and ethnic migration pitted African-American, Puerto Rican, and Euro-American youths against each other in battles to dominate changing neighborhoods. But he argues that young men ultimately joined gangs less because of ethnicity than because membership and gang violence offered rare opportunities for adolescents alienated from school, work, or the family to win prestige, power, adulation from girls, and a masculine identity. In the course of the book, Schneider paints a rich and detailed portrait of everyday life in gangs, drawing on personal interviews with former members to re-create for us their language, music, clothing, and social mores. We learn what it meant to be a "down bopper" or a "jive stud," to "fish" with a beautiful "deb" to the sounds of the Jesters, and to wear gang sweaters, wildly colored zoot suits, or the "Ivy League look." He outlines the unwritten rules of gang behavior, the paths members followed to adulthood, and the effects of gang intervention programs, while also providing detailed analyses of such notorious gang-related crimes as the murders committed by the "Capeman," Salvador Agron. Schneider focuses on the years from 1940 to 1975, but takes us up to the present in his conclusion, showing how youth gangs are no longer social organizations but economic units tied to the underground economy. Written with a profound understanding of adolescent culture and the street life of New York, this is a powerful work of history and a compelling story for a general audience.
Bulletin
Author: Texas Education AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Official Textbook Adoption List
Author: The Texas Outlook
Author: Catalog of Instructional Tapes for Handicapped Students, Preschool Through University Level, 1980
Author: California. Department of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Audiotapes
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Instructional Materials Price List and Order Form
Author: California. State Department of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1618
Book Description
EPIE Materials Report
Author: EPIE InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Audio-visual materials
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description