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Puerto Rican El Barrio
1,368 wordsCities exist for many reasons and the diversity of urban form and function can be traced to the complex roles that cities perform. Cities serve as centers of storage, commerce, and industry. The agricultural surplus from the surrounding country hinterland is processed and distributed within the city. Urban areas have also developed around marketplaces, where imported goods from distant places could be exchanged for the local products. Throughout history, cities have been founded at the intersect...
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El Barrio Underground Economy
772 wordsIn his book, In Search of Respect, Philippe Bourgois discussed his experiences living in El Barrio (East Harlem). An interesting new insight into the street culture found in New York was captured in this book. The amount of poverty in this portion of our country is much higher than that in most other areas. Bourgois argues that this neighborhood, which is well known for high rates of violence, does not have widespread violence occurring amongst all of its members. The higher crime rate, argues B...
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Racial And Ethnic Puerto Ricans
1,130 wordsRacial And Ethnic Issues in Philippe Bourgois In Search of Respect Philippe Bourgois book In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995, and discussed his experiences of authors living in El Barrio (East Harlem). In 1985 the writer moved to this district of New York City with the purpose of studying the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg. 1). An interesting new insight into the street cult...
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Underground Economy Pollution Caused
336 wordsGDP As a Measure of the Economy The GDP is not a sufficient gauge of how the nations economy is doing. The GDP is a sum of the monetary value of what has been produced in the nation in the past year. The formula for calculating the GDP ignores a large percentage of the activities that transpire in the nations economy. The formula ignores several things as work done in the home and activities in the underground economy. In general, the GDP includes several items that in reality do not indicate th...
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El Barrio Puerto Ricans
2,679 wordsEthnography in the City: Phillipe Bourgois and the Barrio Cities exist for many reasons and the diversity of urban form and function can be traced to the complex roles that cities perform. Cities serve as centers of storage, commerce, and industry. The agricultural surplus from the surrounding country hinterland is processed and distributed within the city. Urban areas have also developed around marketplaces, where imported goods from distant places could be exchanged for the local products. Thr...
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El Barrio Puerto Ricans
1,436 wordsSearch for Respect In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995. It is a straight forward, insiders look at life in the East Harlem neighborhood known as, El Barrio. Philippe Bourgois moved his family into El Barrio in 1985 to study the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization, on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg. 1). He first went there to look at the entire (untaxed) underground economy, from baby sitting, off-track betting, to...
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