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Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York

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  1. ISBN-10
    0393307999
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0393307993
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    W. W. Norton & Company
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    September 17, 1991
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'The Closest of Strangers' is a superb and sometimes controversial book about the tragic flaws inn the racial politics of New York City and the nation and how we can begin to heal our wounds in the 1990s.

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Jim Sleeper, a writer and teacher on American civic culture and politics, is a lecturer in political science at Yale and the author of The Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York and Liberal Racism. His reportage and commentary have appeared in Harper’s, The New Republic, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Washington Monthly, Dissent, and other publications.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (September 17, 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393307999
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393307993
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.3 inches
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