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More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (Issues of Our Time) Issues of Our Time Edition

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A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma.

In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner-city ghetto, the plight of low-skilled black males, and the fragmentation of the African American family. Though the discussion of racial inequality is typically ideologically polarized. Wilson dares to consider both institutional and cultural factors as causes of the persistence of racial inequality. He reaches the controversial conclusion that while structural and cultural forces are inextricably linked, public policy can only change the racial status quo by reforming the institutions that reinforce it.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0393337634
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    978-0393337631
  3. Edition
    Issues of Our Time
  4. Publisher
    W. W. Norton & Company
  5. Publication date
    March 22, 2010
  6. Part of series
    Issues of Our Time
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
  9. Print length
    208 pages
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"A refreshing, multilayered study of racial inequality in America. . . . Reshapes the frame through which race and poverty are viewed."
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"Straightforward, accessible and sensible, free of . . . ideological cant and posturing."
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William Julius Wilson is a University Professor at Harvard University, president emeritus of the American Sociological Association, and the author of numerous books, including the award-winning The Declining Significance of Race and When Work Disappears. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Issues of Our Time edition (March 22, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393337634
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393337631
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
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Ted Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for anyone trying to understand race and poverty
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019
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Anyone-- conservative or liberal-- must read this book and pay attention to Wilson if you want to understand America's history in the areas of race and poverty. Wilson thoroughly researched the issues, organizes his material very well, and provides compelling analysis.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Culture vs Social Structure
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Wilson does an excellent job of critically assessing the culture of poverty and social structural arguments often used to explain urban poverty. I am currently using this book for my Sociology of the City class because Wilson writes about a complicated issue in a manner that is accessible to undergraduate students.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great condition. Great book.
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Ordered this book for a class. Arrived in great condition. The book was very easy to read. Explains what it is like being a black man, living in the inner city. Great read for anyone. Explains the evolution of African-American culture until present day from the perspective of a man who lived through it. No pity parties. Just a thorough explanation of the struggles faced by black men in America and how to overcome it.
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Jacob L. Dreier
4.0 out of 5 stars Balanced Discussion of Important Topic
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2009
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The author presents a well written, carefully reasoned and well-documented discussion of the research about the causes of the gap in educational performance between the races.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018
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I had to get this book for a course and it was great. The topics were very important and good to read about.
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Being poor creates disadvantage as life's basics are not free. Equality does not happen by applying money and opportunity It is possible to work together to create a better society.
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Calvin
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
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This book was very well written! I enjoyed leading facts about the African American's. William does a outstanding job showing the challenges to be Black.
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Joe A. Oppenheimer
1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition is not as advertised!
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2012
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The book itself is a solid, interesting piece, but the Kindle edition is not as advertised. Crucial charts are not included, nor are they made accessible. If this is true of other books, Amazon has a (legal?) obligation to so indicate in the product description.
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