Civility in the city : Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in urban America

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Label

Civility in the city : Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in urban America

Title remainder

Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in urban America

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer Lee

Creator

• Lee, Jennifer, 1968-

Subject

• Philadelphia, Pa
• Merchants -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions
• Merchants -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- Social conditions
• Schwarze
• New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations
• Konfliktforschung
• Retail trade -- Social aspects -- New York (State) | New York
• USA
• Koreaner
• Stadtforschung
• African Americans -- Relations with Korean Americans
• Juden
• Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations
• Interessenkonflikt
• Retail trade -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
• New York, NY
• African American consumers -- Social conditions
• Ethnosoziologie
• Courtesy
• Rassismus
• African Americans -- Relations with Jews

Language

eng

Summary

Hollywood and the news media have repeatedly depicted the inner-city retail store as a scene of racial conflict and acrimony. This book uncovers quite a different story. The author examines the relationships between black, Jewish, and Korean merchants and their black customers in New York and Philadelphia, and shows that, in fact, social order, routine, and civility are the norm. She also shows how inner-city poverty and extreme inequality, coupled with the visible presence of socially mobile newcomers, can provide fertile ground for such conflicts.-Dust jacket

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

305.80097471

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

F128.9.A1

LC item number

L44 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography