In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 10)

Bourgois, Philippe

ISBN 10: 0521574609 / ISBN 13: 9780521574600

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 10)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521574609
• ISBN 13: 9780521574600
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

In this compelling study of the crack business in East Harlem, Philippe Bourgois argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some residents of 'El Barrio' away from the legal job market, and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty. During his many years living in the neighborhood, Bourgois eventually gained the confianza of enough Barrio residents to present their hopes, plans, and disappointments in their own words. The result is an engaging and often disturbing look at the problems of the inner-city, America's greatest domestic failing.

Book Description

In this compelling study of the crack business in East Harlem, Philippe Bourgois argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some residents of 'El Barrio' away from the legal job market, and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty.