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Ghetto

The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea

Ghetto( )
Author: Duneier, Mitchell
ISBN:978-0-374-53677-0
Publication Date:Mar 2017
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.00
Book Description:

A New York Times Notable Book of 2016 Winner of the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto--a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck. In this sweeping and original account, Mitchell Duneier traces the idea of the ghetto from its beginnings in the sixteenth century and its revival by...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Social Science / Discrimination
History / Jewish
Social Science / Jewish Studies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.53 x 8.24 x 0.91 Inches
Book Weight:0.616 Pounds
Author Biography
Duneier, Mitchell (Author)
Mitchell Duneier teaches sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His first book, Slim's Table, won the 1994 Distinguished Publication Award of the American Sociological Association.

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