Harlem Supers: The Social Life of a Community in Transition

by Terry Williams

Overview

Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them. Williams closes this knowledge gap through ethnographic fieldwork, providing an in-depth analysis of the daily life of superintendents in the lower Harlem area in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349562411
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	02/03/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	243
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Terry Williams is Fellow at Yale University, USA, and Professor at the New School for Social Research, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Making A Living

3. A Day In The Life: Sharif and Allan

4. Doing What Supers Do: Daily Duties

5. The Super and Informal Encounters

6. The Super and the Community

7. The Super and the Building

8. Race, Class and Poverty

9. Working in the Field