Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community

by Elijah Anderson

Book Overview

In a powerful, revealing portrait of city life, Anderson explores the dilemma of both blacks and whites, the underclass and the middle class, caught up in the new struggle not only for common... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226018164
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.0" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

To be safe, read this:

Have you ever walked through a strange city neighborhood and have somebody ask you for the time? Have you wondered, "What's their game?"Have you wondered why there is little civility or dignity left in our cities? Have you wondered why some young people feel that they can just grab what they covet, and even shoot someone down without hardly a thought?What is going on? Why are these disturbing trends getting worse... especially now that the so-called '90s boom is over?In Streetwise, Dr. Anderson maps out the problems besetting our cities in America-- and explains for all of us what the social, political, and economic exclusion of our poorest entails.

snapshots of the real american city

This book actually gets at the guts of the problem of social relations between blacks and whites. As gentrification becomes a larger problem in American cities, the economic prospects are shadowing the social issues that are swept under the rug by politicans. The reader gains a sense of the residents of northton and the village and hopefully will understand why we act like we do.(ignorant) Understand the power of this sociological masterpiece and it will bring to light what others do to protect their urban community.