Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings : : Youth Gangs in Postwar New York / / Eric C. Schneider.
They called themselves "Vampires," "Dragons," and "Egyptian Kings." They were divided by race, ethnicity, and neighborhood boundaries, but united by common styles, slang, and codes of honor. They fought--and sometimes killed--to protect and expand their territories. In...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (354 p.) :; 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps |
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