Race, class, and the postindustrial city : William Julius Wilson and the promise of sociology / Frank Harold Wilson.

Author/creator Wilson, Frank Harold
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxx, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Wilson, William J., 1935-
African American sociologists--Biography.
Sociology, Urban--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
African Americans--Economic conditions.
Urban poor--United States.
Inner cities--United States.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Social policy.

SeriesSUNY series, the new inequalities
SUNY series, the new inequalities. ^A320711
Contents The shadow behind the act -- Industrialization, urbanization, and the changing class structure of Blacks -- Changing patterns of race and class : the emergence of the new Black middle class and the urban Black underclass -- Demographic and ecological analyses of the changing urban Black population -- The social and moral order of the Black community : social isolation, concentration effects, and disorganization -- The world of the new urban poor : jobless ghettos, fading inner-city families, and the changing significance of race -- William Julius Wilson and the promise of sociology -- The significance of sociological prisms and controversies -- The continuing significance of race and racial prisms in the sociology of William Julius Wilson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-248) and index.
LCCN 2003052616
ISBN0791460150 (alk. paper)
ISBN0791460169 (pbk : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HM479 .W55 W55 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold