Nurturing Neighborhood : : The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990 / / Gerald Sorin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sorin, Gerald,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: The American Social Experience ; 21
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Prologue --; CHAPTER 1. Brooklyn's "Lower East Side": Brownsville Before the Boys Club --; CHAPTER 2. Founders, Framers, and the Formative Years: The Club Is Born --; CHAPTER 3. Corner Kids and Cultural Cornerstones: The Brownsville Boys in Context --; CHAPTER 4. Soldiers, Storefronts, and Social Change: The Club Carries On --; CHAPTER 5. Politicians, Professionals, and Philanthropists: Sell-Out or Trade-Off? --; CHAPTER 6. Fright, Flight, and Failure: Brownsville After the Boys Club --; CHAPTER 7. Livelihoods, Longings, and Legacies: Brownsville Boys Now --; APPENDIX A --; APPENDIX B --; Notes --; Glossary --; Note on Sources and Methodology --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814788981; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814788981.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gerald Sorin.

Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening social achievement.