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Foreword: Reading John Hagedorn, Mike Davis
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Are Gangs Everywhere?
I. Globalizing Gangs
1. Ghetto, Favela, and Township: The Worlds Gangs Live In
2. Street Institutions: Why Some Gangs Won't Go Away
3. The Problem with Definitions: The Questionable Uniqueness of Gangs
4. From Chicago to Mumbai: Touring the World of Gangs
II. Race, Space, and the Power of Identity
5. No Way Out: Demoralization, Racism, and Resistance Identity
6. A Tale of Two Gangs: The Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords
7. Reconsidering Culture: Race, Rap, and Resistance
8. Street Wars: Hip Hop and the Rise of Gangsta Culture
9. Contested Cities: Gentrification and the Ghetto
Conclusion: A Rose in the Cracks of Concrete
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 12/06/2009
      ISBN13: 9780816650675, 978-0816650675
      ISBN10: 0816650675
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Foreword: Reading John Hagedorn, Mike Davis
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Why Are Gangs Everywhere?
      I. Globalizing Gangs
      1. Ghetto, Favela, and Township: The Worlds Gangs Live In
      2. Street Institutions: Why Some Gangs Won't Go Away
      3. The Problem with Definitions: The Questionable Uniqueness of Gangs
      4. From Chicago to Mumbai: Touring the World of Gangs
      II. Race, Space, and the Power of Identity
      5. No Way Out: Demoralization, Racism, and Resistance Identity
      6. A Tale of Two Gangs: The Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords
      7. Reconsidering Culture: Race, Rap, and Resistance
      8. Street Wars: Hip Hop and the Rise of Gangsta Culture
      9. Contested Cities: Gentrification and the Ghetto
      Conclusion: A Rose in the Cracks of Concrete
      Notes
      Index

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