| There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America Contributor(s): Wilson, William Julius (Author), Taub, Richard P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679724184 ISBN-13: 9780679724186 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: From one of America's most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, "There Goes the Neighborhood" is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans' most personal choices--where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle class neighborhoods in Chicago, these riveting first-person narratives and the meticulous research which accompanies them reveal honest yet disturbing realities--ones that remind us why the elusive American dream of integrated neighborhoods remains a priority of race relations in our time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.18" W x 8.01" (0.49 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
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| Publisher Description: From one of America's most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, There Goes the Neighborhood is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans' most personal choices--where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle class neighborhoods in Chicago, these riveting first-person narratives and the meticulous research which accompanies them reveal honest yet disturbing realities--ones that remind us why the elusive American dream of integrated neighborhoods remains a priority of race relations in our time. |