Residents of New York City's South Bronx neighborhood live amidst what is frequently described as the most severe and widespread poverty in any U.S. metropolitan area. In the South Bronx of America is a work which, through documentary photographs, counterpointed with statements by residents and by newspaper reports and statistical information, offers both an intimate view of life in this neighborhood and a context for understanding the last two decades of accelerated social decay. In the words of Penny Coleman, New York ...
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Residents of New York City's South Bronx neighborhood live amidst what is frequently described as the most severe and widespread poverty in any U.S. metropolitan area. In the South Bronx of America is a work which, through documentary photographs, counterpointed with statements by residents and by newspaper reports and statistical information, offers both an intimate view of life in this neighborhood and a context for understanding the last two decades of accelerated social decay. In the words of Penny Coleman, New York Times photographer, In the South Bronx of America, is important because it is not cynical, because it is a sincere attempt to provide the awareness necessary for change.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First Printing. With provenance. Signed by Roberta Perry-Map, the author's widow, of whom the author says in his acknowledgments: "In many ways this is also Roberta Perry-Mapp's book because without her vision, aesthetic clarity, faith, generosity and patience, this book would not exist."
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