Sidewalk
Presents the lives of poor African-American men who make their subsistence wages by selling used goods on the streets of Greenwich Village in New York; and discusses how they interact with passing pedestrians, police officers, and each other.
Main Author: | Duneier, Mitchell, |
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Other Authors: | Carter, Ovie,, Hasan, Hakim, |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York [New York] :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2001.
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Physical Description: |
383 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. |
Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The informal life of the sidewalk
- New uses of sidewalks
- The limits of informal social control
- Regulating the people who work the streets
- The construction of decency.