Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea by Mitchell Duneier

Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea

Mitchell Duneier

missing duration info Add in missing duration information • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology reflective slow-paced
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On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto―a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck.In this sweeping and original interpretation, Mitchell Duneier ...

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