Search Results: Urban Studies from The Brooklyn Bookman

SULLIVAN, Robert: Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants. New York & London, Bloomsbury, 2004. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 242 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Rats – New York City – Anecdotes / Urban Pests & Ecology – Studies. Book & jacket condition: Very Good. Ex-Library copy with the typical stamps and marks (the Public Library at Nahant, Massachusetts). Jacket is in top condition, covered in and protected by a Brodart cover. All pages clean and unmarked. A revolting (at times) yet very fascinating and readable account of one of the scourges of urban life – rats. A natural history like no other. Enjoy! ISBN: 1582343853

PODAIR, Jerald E.: The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites and the Oceanhill-Brownsville Crisis. New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 273 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Urban Studies & History – New York City, 1960's – 1970's / Public Education & Race Relations-The 1968 Oceanhill-Brownsville School Controversy and Subsequent United Federation of Teacher's Strike. Book and Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small smudge to the top-side of the book (nearest to the spine area). A few tears and edgewear to the top edge of the dust jacket. Sturdy and bright black book boards with all pages unmarked and clean. Penetrating study of the tulmultuous race relations in New York City during the 1960's, focusing on the Oceanhill/Brownsville School Controversy which lead to the UFT teacher's strike of 1968. These events drastically altered the social and political landescape of NYC and of urban America for many years to come. ISBN: 0300081227