A Neighborhood Divided

by Jane Balin

When a nursing facility for AIDS patients is planned for a city neighborhood, residents might be expected to respond, "Not in my backyard." But, as Jane Balin recounts in A Neighborhood Divided, when that community is known for its racial and ethnic diversity and liberal attitudes, public reaction becomes less predictable and in many ways more important to comprehend.An ethnographer who spent two years talking with inhabitants of a progressive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801436060
• ISBN13: 9780801436062
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher