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The Bronx : Crime and Justice.

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The Bronx / by Gonzalez, Evelyn Diaz

Table of Contents: “…The Bronx and its neighborhoods -- Early beginnings -- The changing landscape -- Emerging neighborhoods -- Boosting a borough -- Urban neighborhoods -- The South Bronx -- The road back.…”
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The Bronx : the ultimate guide to New York City's beautiful borough / by Ultan, Lloyd, Olson, Shelley, 1951-

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Summers in the Bronx : Attila the Hun & other Yankee stories / by Berkow, Ira

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Orpheus in the Bronx : essays on identity, politics, and the freedom of poetry / by Shepherd, Reginald, 1963-2008

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Bronx primitive : portraits in a childhood / by Simon, Kate

A Bronx morning /

“…Bronx (New York, N.Y.)…”
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South Bronx battles : stories of resistance, resilience, and renewal / by McLaughlin, Carolyn

Table of Contents: “…The South Bronx -- How the South Bronx became the poorest congressional district -- Why the South Bronx burned -- People fight back (1960s and 1970s) -- Progress, but plagues descend on the South Bronx :1980s -- Not yet paradise, but we've come a long way :1990s -- Many faces of success : 2000-2018 -- The Bronx was the last place : reflections on displacement and gentrification.…”
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The block by Goro, Herb

Subjects: “…Slums New York (State) Bronx (New York) sh 85123553…”

The Rat That Got Away : a Bronx Memoir. by Naison, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction by Mark Naison; 1 Bronx Beginnings; 2 Oil and Water: An Unlikely Marriage; 3 Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child: Family; 4 Love of God and the Lure of the Streets; 5 The South Bronx by Day and Night; 6 Lost and Found: Welcome to the '60s; 7 The Rules of the Game; 8 The Lessons of Sex; 9 Gains and Losses; 10 1963 and Me; 11 What Women Want; 12 The Summer of Unrest: 1964; 13 The Streets Are Alive: Summer of '65; 14 Hustle and Heart, on and off Court; 15 Becoming a Subject to the Bitch Queen Heroin; 16 Welcome to Hell.…”
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A free food forest in the Bronx /

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L Is for Lion : Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir. by Lanzillotto, Annie Rachele

Table of Contents: “…L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir -- Contents -- Prologue: The Blue Suitcase -- Part One: Bronx Tomboy -- Eat with Guys You Trust -- Breakfast Is to Coat the Stomach -- The X -- Stoop -- The Return of the Rust -- A Good Eater -- The Tin Ceiling -- Sidewalk -- Licking Batteries -- Teaspoons and Heatpipes -- Kitchen Bird -- Kindergarten, Boot Camp: 1968 -- Sister Rosaria -- Quicksand -- Lasagna Vows -- Ravioli, Homing Pigeons, and Teletype Machines -- Grandpop, the Hook, and the Eyebrow -- Made of Rubber -- Sister Giuseppina…”
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Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / by Su, Celina, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…A kaleidoscope of people power -- Public education and organizing in the Bronx -- Organizing the organizations : the Alinskyite tool kit -- Friends forever : the Freirean tool kit -- Off the charts : tackling issues of race in SCOs -- What these tools can build : developing capacities for policy making -- Favorite hits : embedded preferences for confrontation or collaboration -- Commitment and commencement.…”
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Boulevard of Dreams : Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. by Rosenblum, Constance

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: A PROMENADE FOR THE BRONX; 1 "A Drive of Extraordinary Delightfulness"; 2 "Get a New Resident for the Bronx"; 3 "I Was Living in 'a Modern Building'"; II: THE GOLDEN GHETTO; 4 "Something That Everybody Had in Awe"; 5 "An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams"; 6 "By the Waters of the Grand Concourse"; 7 The Grand Concourse of the Imagination; III: TO HELL AND BACK; 8 "The Borough of Abandonment"; 9 Who Killed the Concourse?…”
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Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / by Su, Celina, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…A kaleidoscope of people power -- Public education and organizing in the Bronx -- Organizing the organizations : the Alinskyite tool kit -- Friends forever : the Freirean tool kit -- Off the charts : tackling issues of race in SCOs -- What these tools can build : developing capacities for policy making -- Favorite hits : embedded preferences for confrontation or collaboration -- Commitment and commencement.…”
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Pregones Theatre : a theatre for social change in the South Bronx / by Vásquez, Eva C., 1966-

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Organizing for educational justice : the campaign for public school reform in the South Bronx / by Fabricant, Michael

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Organizing for educational justice : the campaign for public school reform in the South Bronx / by Fabricant, Michael

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Random family : love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx / by LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole

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Thomas Hirschhorn : Gramsci monument Bronx /

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Freedomland : Co-op City and the story of New York by Sammartino, Annemarie

Table of Contents: “…: after the rent strike, 1977-1981 -- "Co-op City is the Bronx": a middle-class community, 1982-1993 -- "The biggest housing bargain in town": achieving financial stability, 1981-1993 -- Epilogue: Freedomland today.…”
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Unseen cinema. / Picturing a metropolis :

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From mambo to hip hop / South Bronx tale

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Untold. / Untold :

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As Bad as They Say? by Mayer, Janet Grossbach

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Foreword -- Nobody can make it out here alone -- To the Reader -- Bronx Roots -- Introduction -- Nobody -- It Was the Worst of Times -- Defying Expectations -- Omaraâ€?…”
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Bella Abzug : how one tough broad from the Bronx fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, pissed off Jimmy Carter, battled for the rights of women and workers, rallied against war and for the planet, and shook up politics along the way : an oral history / by Levine, Suzanne Braun

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Awake and sing

“…Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Drama.…”
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Belonging to Puerto Rico and America : New York Puerto Rican children's developing conceptualization of their own cultural group by McNamee, Abigail Stahl

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How the Garcia girls lost their accents by Alvarez, Julia

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A Wider world : portraits in an adolescence by Simon, Kate

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New York : America's busiest city.

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Baseball's greatest series : Yankees, Mariners, and the 1995 matchup that changed history by Donnelly, Chris

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Catalyzing change in early childhood and elementary mathematics : initiating critical conversations

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Decade of Fire

“…South Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions.…”
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Crossing Highbridge : a memoir of Irish America by Waters, Maureen, 1939-

“…Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Biography.…”
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Beyond the campus : how colleges and universities form partnerships with their communities by Maurrasse, David, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Just Getting By: Hostos Community College and the South Bronx --…”

Elston and me : the story of the first black Yankee by Howard, Arlene, Wimbish, Ralph

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Intersections : the Grand Concourse at 100

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Antonio Sergio Bessa -- History in brief of the conception and establishment of the Grand Boulevard & Concourse in the 23rd and 24th wards / Louis Aloys Risse -- The true history of the conception and planning of the Grand Boulevard & Concourse in the Bronx / Louis Aloys Risse -- Bold vision : Louis Risse's grand plan for the concourse / Ray Bromley -- An architectural tour of the Grand Concourse / Francis Morrone -- Commissions: Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao; Katie Holten; Acconci Studio; Pablo Helguera; Kabir Carter; Skowmon Hastanan -- The Grand Concourse beyond 100 / Deborah Marton -- Chronology.…”
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Comeback cities : a blueprint for urban neighborhood revival by Grogan, Paul S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Argument in Brief -- The Case for a Turnaround. 1. The South Bronx: From the Bottom Up. 2. Mass Exit: A Vision of Urban Doom. 3. …”
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Christianity and Culture in the City : a Postcolonial Approach. by Cruz, Samuel

Table of Contents: “…Praying aloud, in Spanish, in the South Bronx /…”
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