Terry Williams

Life Underground

Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York

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Produktbeschreibung

Beneath the surface of Manhattan's Riverside Park run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people took shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780231177931
• ISBN-10: 0231177933
• Artikelnr.: 69115043

Autorenporträt

Terry Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Descent
2. Genesis
3. Underground Ecology
4. Men Underground: Bernard, Kal, and Jason
5. Working Life
6. Food: Restaurants and Soup Kitchens
7. Women Underground: Tin Can Tina
8. Beatrice and Bobo
9. The Tagalong
10. The Rabbit Hole
11. Reflections on Life Under the Street
Endnote
Epilogue: Mediating the Underground: Bernard's Exit
Appendix A: Income and Housing in New York City, 2002-2014
Appendix B: Behavior Mapping and Cartography
Appendix C: Interview Questions for Bernard, Princeton University, 2012
Appendix D: Bernard's Dream and Postcard
Appendix E: Legacies of Harm: Policy and Policing
Appendix F: Where Are They Now?
Notes
Index