The Gang and the Establishment
The Gang and the Establishment
The Gang and the Establishment
The Gang and the Establishment
The Gang and the Establishment
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The Gang and the Establishment

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By Richard W. Poston. "A story of conflict rising out of the federal and private financing of urban street gangs." What happened when Lower East Side gang leaders got a functional blank check.

Might have been better spent on a nicer-looking repair job on the jacket, whose front seam is (barely) hanging on with some mid-century Scotch tape; the rest of the jacket has the expected shelfwear and a few nicks at the top. Looks better inside: clean deckle-edge pages, and one of the more surreal bookplates in memory. A fine copy for reading, research, or contemplating the vagaries of the academic headshot.