The "Underclass" debate : views from history / Michael B. Katz, editor.
| Other author | Katz, Michael B., 1939-2014. |
| Other author | Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Research on the Urban Underclass. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1993. |
| Description | viii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The urban "Underclass" as a metaphor of social transformation / Michael B. Katz -- Southern diaspora : origins of the northern "Underclass" / Jacqueline Jones -- Blacks in the urban north : the "Underclass question" in historical perspective / Joe William Trotter, Jr. -- The structures of urban poverty : the reorganization of space and work in three periods of American history / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Housing the "Underclass" / David W. Bartelt -- The ethnic niche and the structure of opportunity : immigrants and minorities in New York City / Suzanne Model -- The emergence of "Underclass" family patterns, 1900-1940 / Kathryn M. Neckerman -- Poverty and family composition since 1940 / Mark J. Stern -- Social science, social policy, and the heritage of African-American families / Andrew T. Miller -- The Black poor and the politics of opposition in a new south city, 1929-1970 / Robin D. G. Kelley -- Nineteenth-century institutions : dealing with the urban "Underclass" / Eric H. Monkkonen -- Urban education and the "truly disadvantaged" : the historical roots of the contemporary crisis, 1945-1990 / Harvey Kantor & Barbara Brenzel -- The state, the movement, and the urban poor : the war on poverty and political mobilization in the 1960s / Thomas F. Jackson -- Reframing the "Underclass" debate / Michael B. Katz. |
| General note | "Sponsored by the Committee for Research on the Urban Underclass of the Social Science Research Council." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 92024994 |
| ISBN | 069104810X (acid-free paper) : |
| ISBN | 0691006288 (pbk. : acid-free paper) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV4044 .U56 1993 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |