The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy - Softcover

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Wilson, William Julius

 
9780226901312: The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226901319 ISBN 13: 9780226901312
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

"The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and possible remedies for inner city poverty. As policy makers grapple with the problems of an enlarged underclass they-as well as community leaders and all concerned Americans of all races-would be advised to examine Mr. Wilson's incisive analysis". -Robert Greenstein, New York Times Book Review"'Must reading' for civil-rights leaders, leaders of advocacy organizations for the poor, and for elected officials in our major urban centers". -Bernard C. Watson, Journal of Negro Education "Required reading for anyone, presidential candidate or private citizen, who really wants to address the growing plight of the black urban underclass". -David J. Garrow, Washington Post Book WorldSelected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the sixteen best books of 1987.Winner of the 1988 C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

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Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226901319
ISBN 13 
9780226901312
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
266