8. Subway City: The 7 Train as an Engine of Urbanism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Becoming New Yorkers on the 7 Train 1
5. 2. Coping with Diversity Aboard the “International Express” 19
6. 3. Walking to the Stations, Code Switching, and the I-We-You Shift 45
7. 4. The 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue Station 67
8. 5. Trust in the Subway: Exploring the Situational Community in Transit 99
9. 6. Gender Relations on the Subway 138
10. 7. Teenagers on the 7 Train 170
11. 8. Subway City: The 7 Train as an Engine of Urbanism 189
12. 9. A World of Subway Citizens 219
13. Appendix: Mixed Methods in Subway Research 231
14. Notes 253
15. Bibliography 275
16. Index 289