Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation, and Youth Violence are Changing America's Suburbs - Couverture souple

Garland, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1568586159 ISBN 13 : 9781568586151

Editeur : Nation Books, 2010

Synopsis

Gangs in Garden City examines how two gangsMara Salvatrucha and 18th Streethave ventured beyond our urban centers and into Americas most exclusive suburbs. Journalist Sarah Garland takes us into the lives of the residents of Hempstead, Long Islandonce a mixture of quaint homes and shops, its streets now resemble those of an inner-city ghetto where the rivalry between the gangs has left a trail of bodies. Unrelenting and original in scope, this powerful book shows how immigration raids, incarceration policies, suburban decay, and inadequate funding of our nations schools have aggravated an already deteriorating situation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Garland has reported on crime and immigration for the New York Times, Marie Claire, New York Magazine, and the Village Voice. Originally from Kentucky, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nation Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568586159
• ISBN 13: 9781568586151
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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