Being black, living in the red : race, wealth, and social policy in America / Dalton Conley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conley, Dalton, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions--1975-.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Social classes--United States--History--20th century.

Social classes.

History.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

United States--Social policy--1980-1993.

Social policy.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

Physical Description:

viii, 227 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Tenth anniversary edition, with a new afterword.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2010.

Contents:

1 Wealth Matters 1

2 Forty Acres and a Mule: Historical and Contemporary Obstacles to Black Property Accumulation 25

3 From Financial to Social to Human Capital: Assets and Education 55

4 Up the Down Escalator: Wealth, Work, and Wages 83

5 It Takes a Village? Premarital Childbearing and Welfare Dependency 109

6 Getting into the Black: Conclusions and Policy Implications 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520261303

0520261305

OCLC:

435732103