Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings : Youth Gangs in Postwar New York /

They called themselves "Vampires," "Dragons," and "Egyptian Kings." They were divided by race, ethnicity, and neighborhood boundaries, but united by common styles, slang, and codes of honor. They fought--and sometimes killed--to protect and expand their territories. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schneider, Eric C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	De Gruyter
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Gangs > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Agron, Gumersindo Amsterdam Knights Baraka, Imamu Bensonhurst (Brooklyn) Big Bopper (musician) Blankenship, Billy Brando, Marlon Brown, Peter Caplan, Nathan Chase Manhattan Bank Detroit (Michigan) Dumonts (gang) East Bronx Ellison, Harlan Fleisher, Mark Foudy, Thomas Gartner, Rosemary Gee, Theresa Gonzalez, Carlos Good Neighbor Federation Hargraves, Archie Hills, Richard Jews Johnson, Hugh Kinshasa, Kwando Klein, Malcolm Laub, John H Long Island University Malcolm X Navajos (gang) Neston, Thelma Operation Bootstrap alcohol anti-Semitism antipoverty funds bebop (bop) cellar clubs child labor class differences communists curbstone counseling dock workers evangelism (street-corner) fathers illiteracy incarceration juvenile arrests liberalism marijuana mediation mentors nicknames

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE Crossing 96th Street
INTRODUCTION The Capeman and the Vampires
CHAPTER ONE Remaking New York
CHAPTER TWO Discovering Gangs: The Role of Race in the 1940s
CHAPTER THREE Defending Place: Ethnicity and Territory
CHAPTER FOUR Becoming Men: The Use of the Streets in Defining
CHAPTER FIVE Making a Gang Culture: Form, Style, and Ritual in the Gang World
CHAPTER SIX Leaving the Gang: Pathways into Adulthood
CHAPTER SEVEN Intervening in Gangs: The Problems and Possibilities of Social Work
CHAPTER EIGHT Drugs, Politics, and Gangs, 1960-1975
CONCLUSION Comparing Gangs: Contemporary Gangs in Historical Perspective
NOTES
INDEX

Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings : Youth Gangs in Postwar New York /

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