Author: Mario Luis Small
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226762939
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation—the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such poverty affects social capital or have considered for what reasons living in a poor neighborhood results in such undesirable effects. This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the true nature of ghettos in America. Mario Luis Small dismantles the theory that poor urban neighborhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital. He shows that the conditions specified in this theory are vaguely defined and variable among poor communities. According to Small, structural conditions such as unemployment or a failed system of familial relations must be acknowledged as affecting the urban poor, but individual motivations and the importance of timing must be considered as well. Brimming with fresh theoretical insights, Villa Victoria is an elegant work of sociology that will be essential to students of urban poverty.
Villa Victoria
Author: Mario Luis Small
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226762939
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation—the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such poverty affects social capital or have considered for what reasons living in a poor neighborhood results in such undesirable effects. This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the true nature of ghettos in America. Mario Luis Small dismantles the theory that poor urban neighborhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital. He shows that the conditions specified in this theory are vaguely defined and variable among poor communities. According to Small, structural conditions such as unemployment or a failed system of familial relations must be acknowledged as affecting the urban poor, but individual motivations and the importance of timing must be considered as well. Brimming with fresh theoretical insights, Villa Victoria is an elegant work of sociology that will be essential to students of urban poverty.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226762939
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation—the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such poverty affects social capital or have considered for what reasons living in a poor neighborhood results in such undesirable effects. This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the true nature of ghettos in America. Mario Luis Small dismantles the theory that poor urban neighborhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital. He shows that the conditions specified in this theory are vaguely defined and variable among poor communities. According to Small, structural conditions such as unemployment or a failed system of familial relations must be acknowledged as affecting the urban poor, but individual motivations and the importance of timing must be considered as well. Brimming with fresh theoretical insights, Villa Victoria is an elegant work of sociology that will be essential to students of urban poverty.
Mother Jones Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
Latina Politics, Latino Politics
Author: Carol Hardy-Fanta
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439907625
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Political organizing by men and women in Boston's Latino community.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439907625
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Political organizing by men and women in Boston's Latino community.
Kelly's Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex
The Religious Teachers Filippini in America
Author: Margherita Marchione
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809105847
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A history of the Religious Teachers Filippini by one of the order's most distinguished members.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809105847
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A history of the Religious Teachers Filippini by one of the order's most distinguished members.
Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Author: Polly Welts Kaufman
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1933212403
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
"Women have played active, prominent roles in Boston history since the days of Anne Hutchinson - the colonial freethinker who bravely challenged the authority of ruling Puritan ministers in 1638. Hutchinson's action is only one of more than 200 stories of Boston women told in the newly expanded guidebook from the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Several maps indicate the sites where these historic women walked, worked, and lived, while photographs and other illustrations help bring these women to life once again. The updated guidebook will take you on seven walks through seven distinctly different Boston neighborhoods. Hutchinson's story is told by her statue on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House, while Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy's is found at the site of her birthplace in the North End. An underground railway stop on Beacon Hill reveals the dramatic escape of enslaved Ellen and William Craft to Boston. Other trails lead walkers to new statues of Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman in the South End and of Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone and Phillis Wheatley - three women who used the pen for change - portrayed in bronze in the recently dedicated Boston Women's Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue. The Boston Women's Heritage Trail guidebook is a must for visitors, students, and residents of Boston alike. Its lively descriptions show the significant role Boston women played in shaping the history and the future of both Boston and the nation."
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1933212403
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
"Women have played active, prominent roles in Boston history since the days of Anne Hutchinson - the colonial freethinker who bravely challenged the authority of ruling Puritan ministers in 1638. Hutchinson's action is only one of more than 200 stories of Boston women told in the newly expanded guidebook from the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Several maps indicate the sites where these historic women walked, worked, and lived, while photographs and other illustrations help bring these women to life once again. The updated guidebook will take you on seven walks through seven distinctly different Boston neighborhoods. Hutchinson's story is told by her statue on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House, while Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy's is found at the site of her birthplace in the North End. An underground railway stop on Beacon Hill reveals the dramatic escape of enslaved Ellen and William Craft to Boston. Other trails lead walkers to new statues of Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman in the South End and of Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone and Phillis Wheatley - three women who used the pen for change - portrayed in bronze in the recently dedicated Boston Women's Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue. The Boston Women's Heritage Trail guidebook is a must for visitors, students, and residents of Boston alike. Its lively descriptions show the significant role Boston women played in shaping the history and the future of both Boston and the nation."
A Sheltered Crisis
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Category : Discrimination in housing
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discrimination in housing
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Monthly Official Directory of the Aldershot Division
Author: Great Britain. Army. Aldershot Division
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description