Show me a hero : a tale of murder, suicide, race, and redemption
题名:
Show me a hero : a tale of murder, suicide, race, and redemption
著者:
Belkin, Lisa, 1960-
ISBN:
9780316391351
版:
Back Bay paperback media tie-in edition.
出版信息:
New York : Back Bay Books, 2015.
规格:
xvii, 347 p. ; 21 cm
一般附注:
"Now an HBO miniseries."
Includes new foreword by screenwriter David Simon, and new epilogue by Lisa Belkin.
摘要:
In 1987, Nick Wasicsko became the mayor of Yonkers just as the city was ordered by a Federal judge to create new public housing in previously restricted areas of the city. The story follows the judge, the young mayor, the politicians, the innovative planning consultant, the homeowners and the new tenants, and hopes of and stresses on each.-- Summary by cataloger.
主题:
| African Americans -- New York (State) -- Yonkers -- Social conditions. |
| Poor -- New York (State) -- Yonkers -- Social conditions. |
| Public housing -- New York (State) -- Yonkers -- History -- 20th century. |
| Social conflict -- New York (State) -- Yonkers -- History -- 20th century. |
| Yonkers (N.Y.) -- Race relations. |
| Yonkers (N.Y.) -- Social conditions. |
| Yonkers (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. |
摘要:
In 1987, Nick Wasicsko became the mayor of Yonkers just as the city was ordered by a Federal judge to create new public housing in previously restricted areas of the city. The story follows the judge, the young mayor, the politicians, the innovative planning consultant, the homeowners and the new tenants, and hopes of and stresses on each.--