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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Elijah.

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inner cities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Inner cities.

Gentrification--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Gentrification.

Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Neighborhoods.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.

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"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0226018156

OCLC:

21330460