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Author:

Lee, Jennifer, 1968-

Title:

Civility in the city : Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in urban America / Jennifer Lee.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xii, 270 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Retail trade--Social aspects--New York.--New York.
Retail trade--Social aspects--Philadelphia.--Philadelphia.
Courtesy.
African Americans--Relations with Jews.
African Americans--Relations with Korean Americans.
African American consumers--Social conditions.
Merchants--New York--New York--Social conditions.
Merchants--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The ghetto merchant yesterday and today -- The significance of small business and the nature of the niche -- Life on the street: the everyday encounters between Blacks, Jews, and Koreans -- How race polarizes interactions: cultural brokers and the meaning of Black -- The coethnic disadvantage of serving your own -- From civility to conflict: individualism, opportunity, and group position -- Shopping while Black: symbolic racism or the same old racism? -- Conclusion: forging a culture of reciprocity and respect.

ISBN:

9780674008977 (cloth)
0674008979 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49495126

LCCN:

2002024259

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)