Not In My Neighborhood

Author : Antero Pietila
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781299444171
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not in My Neighborhood written by Antero Pietila and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2010 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baltimore is the setting for (and typifies) one of the most penetrating examinations of bigotry and residential segregation ever published in the United States. Antero Pietila shows how continued discrimination practices toward African Americans and Jews have shaped the cities in which we now live. Eugenics, racial thinking, and white supremacist attitudes influenced even the federal government's actions toward housing in the 20th century, dooming American cities to ghettoization. This all-American tale is told through the prism of Baltimore, from its early suburbanization in the 1880s to the consequences of "white flight" after World War II, and into the first decade of the twenty-first century. The events are real, and so are the heroes and villains. Mr. Pietila's engrossing story is an eye-opening journey into city blocks and neighborhoods, shady practices, and ruthless promoters. -- Book jacket.

Author : Shelly Lyons
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1620651017
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transportation in My Neighborhood written by Shelly Lyons and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people walk and others drive cars. There are buses and trains too. How do you get around your neighborhood?

Author : George C. Galster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Not in My Backyard? written by George C. Galster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policymakers who wish to deconcentrate assisted housing for low-income and special-needs households into areas where these households are underrepresented are at odds with citizens who wish to keep such housing out of their neighborhoods. One side sees the expanded opportunities and quality of life for residents. The other side sees an invasion of undesirable neighbors who will undermine their quality of life, security, and property values. In Baltimore County and Denver, jurisdictions that differ in many respects, innovative efforts during the tail end of the twentieth century to spatially deconcentrate assisted households of various types met with vocal, well-organized community opposition in both locales. In Denver, scattered-site public housing and the supportive housing for special needs populations programs were targeted. In Baltimore County, the Section 8 Moving to Opportunity rental assistance program proved a lightning rod for protest. The authors seize the analytical opportunity provided by these programs in Denver and Baltimore County to explore fundamental issues concerning the deconcentration of assisted housing. Does assisted housing of various types cause negative neighborhood impacts? Do impacts vary across different sorts of neighborhoods? How does the spatial concentration of assisted housing or the scale of the facility affect impacts? What are the mechanisms through which these impacts transpire? How can deconcentration policies be revised to minimize any negative impacts? This book provides answers to these questions by bringing to bear a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Author : Oscar Loubriel
Publisher : Live Oak Media
ISBN 13 : 1430145080
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In My Neighborhood written by Oscar Loubriel and published by Live Oak Media. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vividly realized city of musical instruments Drum feels like an outcast because he alone, among all his family and neighbors, can't play a melody. He adores his violin brother, cello father, and piano mother but feels he has nothing to offer to their music. When the Saxophone brothers ask him to play, Drum discovers he can claim his own sound and confidently contributes to the songs shared by all. This story of bravery and identity, infused with Latin rhythms and joy, bursts with exuberance.

Author : Rocio Bonilla
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1623543606
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Neighborhood written by Rocio Bonilla and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A silly and sweet picture book about neighbors, community, and making new friends where you least expect it. A group of neighbors never talks to one another because they've all made assumptions about each other. Camila the chicken's house is too noisy, Mr. Martínez the fox seems so straightlaced, Felipe the mouse is nervous, and Pepe the ogre--well, you know about ogres. But one day, Mrs. Paquita's internet connection goes out. That starts a domino effect of neighbors helping neighbors. And soon everything has changed.

Author : Therese Anne Fowler
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250237289
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Good Neighborhood written by Therese Anne Fowler and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR's Best Books of 2020 "A provocative, absorbing read." — People “A feast of a read... I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it’s that good.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans—a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter—raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace. With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie's yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers. A Good Neighborhood asks big questions about life in America today—what does it mean to be a good neighbor? How do we live alongside each other when we don't see eye to eye?—as it explores the effects of class, race, and heartrending love in a story that’s as provocative as it is powerful.

Author : Peter Lovenheim
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101186674
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Neighborhood written by Peter Lovenheim and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a popular New York Times Op-Ed piece, this is the quirky, heartfelt account of one man's quest to meet his neighbors--and find a sense of community. **As seen in Parade, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, and more. **Winner of the Zocalo Square Book Prize, and recently named a first selection by Action Book Club. "It's impossible to read this book without feeling the urge to knock on neighbors' doors." -Chicago Sun-Times Journalist and author Peter Lovenheim lived on the same street in suburban Rochester, NY, most of his life. But it was only after a brutal murder-suicide rocked the community that he was struck by a fact of modern life in this comfortable enclave: No one knew anyone else. Thus begins Peter's search to meet and get to know his neighbors. An inquisitive person, he does more than just introduce himself. He asks, ever so politely, if he can sleep over. In this smart, engaging, and deeply felt book, Lovenheim takes readers inside the homes, minds, and hearts of his neighbors and asks a thought-provoking question: Do neighborhoods matter--and is something lost when we live among strangers?

Author : Hiromi Kawakami
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846276989
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People From My Neighbourhood written by Hiromi Kawakami and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : LernerClassroom
ISBN 13 : 146771531X
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Map My Neighborhood written by Jennifer Boothroyd and published by LernerClassroom. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along as a girl maps her neighborhood to show her visiting grandmother where everything is. Simple text takes early readers step by step through the types of features a neighborhood map needs to have.

Author : Shelly Lyons
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1620658879
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safety in My Neighborhood written by Shelly Lyons and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about being safe in a neighborhood, including knowing the people, looking both ways before crossing the road, and staying in the yard.