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Drugs, Crime, and Social Isolation: Barriers to Urban Opportunity

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Is there an urban underclass that is becoming increasingly isolated from mainstream social and economic life? If so, how does it perpetuate itself and how does it limit the opportunities of those raised in poverty neighborhoods? This volume looks at the hypothesis of inner-city isolation from different perspectives. Historian "Roger Lane" contrasts the life of poor African-Americans in 19th century Philadelphia with the underclass of today and finds the origins of many current predicaments in the post-Civil War period when the black population, despite strong aspirations for upward mobility, was denied entry into the Industrial Age." --Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0877665710

Authors

Adele V. Harrell , George E. Peterson

Publication

1994 Urban Institute Press

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