Download or read book How East New York Became a Ghetto written by Walter Thabit and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How East New York Became a Ghetto describes the shift of East New York from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to a largely black and Puerto Rican one, and shows how a series of racially biased policies caused the deterioration of this once flourishing area. How East New York Became a Ghetto provides insights into the nature of the urban experience."--BOOK JACKET.