A Rainbow of Gangs
Subtitle: Street Cultures in the Mega-City
Contributors: Joan W. Moore (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: July 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780292787483
Subjects: Sociology Of Youth; Urban Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Multicultural Nonfiction; Anthropology - Cultural; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Cultural studies; Organized crime; Social groups & communities; Ethnic Studies - General; Sociology - Urban; California; Gangs; Los Angeles
Description: This cross-cultural study of Los Angeles gangs identifies the social and economic factors that lead to gang membership and underscores their commonality across four ethnic groups - Chicano, African American, Vietnamese, and Salvadorian.