| Homesteading in New York City, 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida Contributor(s): Hassell, Malve Von (Author) |
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ISBN: 0897896513 ISBN-13: 9780897896511 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: This is an ethnographic study of predominantly Puerto Rican low-income people on the Lower East Side of Manhattan who have been involved in the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings through sweat-equity urban homesteading from 1978 to 1993. The study combines a portrait of homesteading in a contemporary urban environment with an analysis of homesteading in the context of economic and political developments at the local, state, and national levels. As participant-observer of the rehabilitation efforts, von Hassell was impressed with the ingenuity and initiative of poor and working-class people. She came to the conclusion that housing as a central factor in poverty amelioration must be interpreted with other factors such as labor, education, and health care, and that despite internal conflicts the project could have been more successful if it had received local political, governmental, and social services support. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 307 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Contemporary Urban Studies, ISSN 1065-7002 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.2" W x 9.26" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is an ethnographic study of predominantly Puerto Rican low-income people on the Lower East Side of Manhattan who have been involved in the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings through sweat-equity urban homesteading from 1978 to 1993. The study combines a portrait of homesteading in a contemporary urban environment with an analysis of homesteading in the context of economic and political developments at the local, state, and national levels. As participant-observer of the rehabilitation efforts, von Hassell was impressed with the ingenuity and initiative of poor and working-class people. She came to the conclusion that housing as a central factor in poverty amelioration must be interpreted with other factors such as labor, education, and health care, and that despite internal conflicts the project could have been more successful if it had received local political, governmental, and social services support. |