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Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York
Eric C. Schneider
Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York
Eric C. Schneider
Explains why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. This book describes 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.
360 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 23, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780691074542 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 360 |
Dimensions | 156 × 236 × 27 mm · 524 g |
Language | English |
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