Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America

By Jennifer Lee and Jennifer Lee

Book Overview

Hollywood and the news media have repeatedly depicted the inner-city retail stores as a scene of racial conflict and acrimony. Civility in the City uncovers a quite different story. Jennifer Lee examines the relationships between African American, Jewish, and Korean merchants and their black customers in New York and Philadelphia, and shows that, in fact, social order, routine and civility are the norm.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674008979
• ISBN13: 9780674008977
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.8"