Streetwise : race, class, and change in an urban community / Elijah Anderson.

Author/creator Anderson, Elijah
Format Book
EditionPaperback edition.
PublicationChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Descriptionxii, 276 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents 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 back male -- Street etiquette and street wisdom.
Abstract 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.
Local noteLittle-473650--3051310694740
General noteOriginally published: 1990.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 261-270) and index.
LCCN 92018646
ISBN0226018164 (pbk.)
ISBN9780226018164 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HN80 .P5 A53 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner General Stacks HN80 .P5 A53 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold