In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio
Bourgois, Philippe I., 1956-1996
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In this study of the crack business in Harlem, the author argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some Nuyoricans away from the legal job market and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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392p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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Originally published: 1995.
ISBN:
9780521574600 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.177097362.298
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English
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BRN:
33166
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