The Ghetto: Contemporary Global Issues and Controversies
- ISBN-10
- 0367318512
- ISBN-13
- 9780367318512
- Series
- The Ghetto
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-05-07
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Bruce D. Haynes, Ray Hutchison
Description
This book discusses more general consideration of marginalized urban spaces and peoples around the globe. It considers the question: Is the formation and later dissolution of the Jewish ghetto an appropriate model for understanding the experience of other ethnic or racial populations?
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