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Tearing Down the Streets
Prof. Jeff Ferrell
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Description for Tearing Down the Streets
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JKV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
From New York to San Francisco, Times Square to the Tenderloin, graffiti artists, young people, radical environmentalists, and the homeless clash with police on city streets in an attempt to take back urban spaces from the developers and 'disneyfiers'. Drawing on more than a decade of first-hand research, this lively account goes inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless punks, militant bicycle activists, high-risk 'BASE jump' parachutists, skateboarders, outlaw radio operators, and hip hop graffiti artists, to explore the day-to-day skirmishes in the struggle over public life and public space.
From New York to San Francisco, Times Square to the Tenderloin, graffiti artists, young people, radical environmentalists, and the homeless clash with police on city streets in an attempt to take back urban spaces from the developers and 'disneyfiers'. Drawing on more than a decade of first-hand research, this lively account goes inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless punks, militant bicycle activists, high-risk 'BASE jump' parachutists, skateboarders, outlaw radio operators, and hip hop graffiti artists, to explore the day-to-day skirmishes in the struggle over public life and public space.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403960337
SKU
V9781403960337
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99-15
About Prof. Jeff Ferrell
JEFF FERRELL is Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. He is the foremost practitioner of ethnographic criminology, a field he pioneered. Ferrell has received awards from the American Criminological Association for his research. His acclaimed and widely-reviewed books include Crimes of Style, Cultural Criminology, and Ethnography at the Edge.
Reviews for Tearing Down the Streets
'Provides an energetic and highly informed look at environmental and political movements to nonviolently 'reclaim the streets' - Publishers Weekly 'Strongly recommended for anyone interested in cities and city life.' - Choice '...provides and energetic and highly informed look at environmental and political movements to nonviolently 'reclaim the streets.' - Publishers Weekly ... Read more