Anthology is a mixed genre collection heavily accented in the social sciences and urban studies. It opens with 21 pages of demographics about the Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. This is followed by the most amazing historical writing in the history of Earth-and it still could be better! The middle of the book is about America s social welfare system, first in Westchester County and then in Manhattan. Medicine of the poor is featured. Urban studies (and a few bio notes on mayor Dinkins) and the ...
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Anthology is a mixed genre collection heavily accented in the social sciences and urban studies. It opens with 21 pages of demographics about the Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. This is followed by the most amazing historical writing in the history of Earth-and it still could be better! The middle of the book is about America s social welfare system, first in Westchester County and then in Manhattan. Medicine of the poor is featured. Urban studies (and a few bio notes on mayor Dinkins) and the sociology of a community residence are discussed in the last third of the book (the Earth s food chain is considered here), capped off by some experimental poetry of the early 1970 s."
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