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A rainbow of gangs : street cultures in the mega-city
Record details
- ISBN: 0292787480 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0292787499 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, c2002.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-209) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Looking at gangs cross-culturally -- Mexican Americans in the barrios of Los Angeles -- "I just wanted to act loco" : Puppet's story -- Blacks in Los Angeles : from Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles -- "I noticed the problem but never had the cure" : Mookie's story -- Vietnamese in Southern California -- "You couldn't hang by yourself" : Huc's story -- Salvadorans in Los Angeles : the Pico-Union area -- "Where is my father?" : Arturo's story -- Charting a new future for urban youth. |
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| Subject: | Gangs -- California -- Los Angeles |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | HV 6439 U7 L788 2002 (Text) | 26040002650956 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
