| Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community Contributor(s): Anderson, Elijah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226018164 ISBN-13: 9780226018164 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: In a powerful, revealing portrait of city life, Anderson explores the dilemma of both blacks and whites, the ghetto poor and middle class, caught up in the new struggle not only for common ground--prime real estate in a racially changing neighborhood--but for shared moral community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 307.336 |
| LCCN: 90018646 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.8" W x 9.16" (0.79 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a powerful, revealing portrait of city life, Anderson explores the dilemma of both blacks and whites, the underclass and the middle class, caught up in the new struggle not only for common ground--prime real estate in a racially changing neighborhood--but for shared moral community. Blacks and whites from a variety of backgrounds speak candidly about their lives, their differences, and their battle for viable communities. The sharpness of his observations and the simple clarity of his prose recommend his book far beyond an academic audience. Vivid, unflinching, finely observed, Streetwise is a powerful and intensely frightening picture of the inner city.--Tamar Jacoby, New York Times Book Review The book is without peer in the urban sociology literature. . . . A first-rate piece of social science, and a very good read.--Glenn C. Loury, Washington Times |
Contributor Bio(s): Anderson, Elijah: - Elijah Anderson is the William K. Lanman Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Yale Urban Ethnography Project at Yale University. He is the author of Code of the Street and Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press. |