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The Mole People- Life In The Tunnels Beneath New York City

€22,95

Thousands of people live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels that form the bowels of New York City. This book is about them, the so-called “mole people” living alone and in communities, in the frescoed waiting rooms of long-forgotten subway tunnels and in pick-axed compartments below busway platforms. It is about how and why people move underground, who they are, and what they have to say about their lives and the treacherous “topside” world they’ve left behind. There are even the voices of young children taken down to the tunnels by parents who are determined to keep their families together, although as one tunnel dweller explains, “once you go down there, you can’t be a child anymore.” Though they maintain an existence hidden from the world aboveground, tunnel dwellers form a large and growing sector of the homeless population. They are a diverse group, and they choose to live underground for many reasonssome rejecting society and its values, others reaffirming those values in what they view as purer terms, and still others seeking shelter from the harsh conditions on the streets. Their enemies include government agencies and homeless organizations as well as wandering crack addicts and marauding gangs. In communities underground, however, many homeless people find not only a place but also an identity. On these pages Jennifer Toth visits underground New York with various straight-talking guides, from outreach workers and transit police to vetern tunnel dwellers, graffiti artists, and even the “mayor” of a large, highly structured community several levels down. In addition to chilling and poignant firsthand accounts of tunnel life, she describes the fascinating and labryrinthine physical world beneath the city and discusses the literary allusions and historical points of view that prejudice our culture against those who “go underground”. Toth has gained unprecedented access to a strange and frightening world.

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Category: Books Street-HipHop-Culture-Art Tags: chris pape, community, explore, freedom, graffiti, jennifer, mole, MTA, new york city, newyork, NYC, people, stations, subway, toth, tunnels
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Title: The Mole People
Subtitle: Life In The Tunnels Beneath New York City
Author: Jennifer Toth
Illustrator: Chris Pape
Language: English
Paperback
Pages: 280
Dimensions: 22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm./ 9 x 6 x 1 inch.
Published: 1993

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Weight 0,380 kg
Dimensions 229 × 152 × 25 mm

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