Harlem Supers: The Social Life of a Community in Transition [Hardcover]

Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them. Williams closes this knowledge gap through ethnographic fieldwork, providing an in-depth analysis of the daily life of superintendents in the lower Harlem area in New York City.1. Introduction
2. Making A Living
3. A Day In The Life: Sharif and Allan
4. Doing What Supers Do: Daily Duties
5. The Super and Informal Encounters
6. The Super and the Community
7. The Super and the Building
8. Race, Class and Poverty
9. Working in the Field

   

Terry Williams is Fellow at Yale University, USA, and Professor at the New School for Social Research, USA.