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aThabit emphasizes the central role of local institutions in
contributing to urban disinvestment and decline.a
-- "Journal of Urban History"
"Walter Thabit has written a highly personal and compelling
piece of retrospective analysis."--"Journal of the American
Planning Association"
"Thabit's writing is lucid and heartfelt."
--"Urban Studies"
"An excellent source of data and intelligence on the formation
of ghettos and the life and struggle within them."
--"Science & Society"
""How East New York Became a Ghetto" describes the shift of East
New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a largely
black and Puerto Rican one, and shows how a series of racially
biased policies caused the deterioration of this once-flourishing
area."
--"Arab-American Affairs
"An interesting and worthwhile read, especially for its
descriptions."--"Supplement"
"Walter Thabit's book works as a slice of urban sociology,
history, and political science. It should whet the appetites of
students and scholars to inquire into the "longue duree" of the
subject more extensively."
--"New York History"
aThe book powerfully coveys the forces behind the ghettoization
of one urban community and illustrates the difficulties of
community development.a
-- Urban History Review.
"A comprehensive account of the decline of East New York in
Brooklyn into a typical urban slum and of the efforts since the
1960s to redevelop the neighborhood. Anyone interested in urban
social problems and improving the quality of life for urban poor
should read this astounding analysis of urban decay and
rebirth."
--"Multicultural Review"
"Thabit does a Herculean task of documenting the various factors
that led to the ghettoization of East New York."
--"Progressive Planning"
"Thabit is in a unique position to document the destruction of
the once working class Brooklyn neighborhood. . . Toward the book's
conclusion, Thabit sounds a faint note of hope to the emerging
community groups."
-- "New York"
"This thoughtful, important analysis is recommended for
academics, professionals, and a concerned public library
audience."
--"Library Journal"
"Walter Thabit eloquently tells the story of East New York, a
neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn, complementing his close
observation of events in the neighborhood with astute analyses of
the bearing of larger forces on this big city slum. Events in East
New York reveal in microcosm the turbulent national forces that
have determined the fate of inner city ghettos across the country
over the past 40 years."
--from the Foreword by Frances Fox Piven
"The grim descriptions of civil neglect, community
disorganization and institutional racism make this a difficult
read, particularly when one realizes that this is the story that
can be told about thousands of other neighborhoods in scores of
citiies by hundreds of people. Perhaps if more planners like Thabit
had told their stories, we might not have found oruselves in this
predicament."
--"ADPSR NY"
In response to the riots of the mid-'60s, Walter Thabit was
hired to work with the community of East New York to develop a plan
for low- and moderate-income public housing. In the years that
followed, he experienced first-hand the forces that had engineered
East New York's dramatic decline and that continued towork against
its successful revitalization. How East New York Became a Ghetto
describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant
neighborhood to a largely black and Puerto Rican neighborhood and
shows how the resulting racially biased policies caused the
deterioration of this once flourishing area.
A clear-sighted, unflinching look at one ghetto community, How
East New York Became a Ghetto provides insights and observations on
the histories and fates of ghettos throughout the United
States.
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