| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 212 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Project MUSE.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the neighborhood -- West Indians raising New York -- Public places and social spaces : surveillance and the creation of communities -- Indoor public play spaces -- A taste of home : how food creates community -- Mobility for the nonmobile : cell phones, technology, and childcare -- Where's my money? : how susus bridge the financial gap -- Organizing resistance : the case of domestic workers united. |
| Summary |
Stroll through any public park in Brooklyn on a weekday afternoon and you will see black women with white children at every turn. Many of these women are of Caribbean descent, and they have long been a crucial component of New York's economy, providing childcare for white middle- and upper-middleclass families. Raising Brooklyn offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of these childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise. Tamara Mose Brown spent three years immersed in these Brooklyn communities: in public parks, public librar. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nannies -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Nannies. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Public spaces -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Public spaces. |
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Nannies.
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West Indians -- New York (State) -- New York.
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West Indians. |
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Public spaces.
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West Indians.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Tamara Mose. Raising Brooklyn. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814791424 (DLC) 2010033741 (OCoLC)630468212 |
| ISBN |
9780814709351 electronic book |
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0814709354 electronic book |
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9780814791424 cl alkaline paper |
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0814791425 cl alkaline paper |
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9780814791431 paperback alkaline paper |
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0814791433 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780814725085 |
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0814725082 |
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