Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community

by Anderson, Elijah

• ISBN13: 9780226018164
• ISBN10: 0226018164
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

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

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Village Setting

The Northton Community

The Impact of Drugs

Sex Codes and Family Life among Northton's Youth

In the Shadow of the Ghetto

The Black Male in Public

The Police and the Black Male

Street Etiquette and Street Wisdom

Conclusion

Appendix: Characteristics of the Village-Northton Area

References

Index

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