Left Behind In Rosedale: Race Relations And The Collapse Of Community Institutions

By Scott Cummings and Scott L. Cummings

Book Overview

This book examines the institutional, cultural, and psychological changes that accompanied racial transition in a single community, Rosedale, over several years. It is about crime, violence, and personal crisis among older people and about human suffering, fear, and entrapment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813334217
• ISBN13: 9780813334219
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Solid, truthful look at a community in crisis.

Scott Cummings does an outstanding job here. His objectiveobservations provide a clear and compelling look at a community incrisis. He does not draw any pat conclusions but crafts his writing to provoke thought. Don't look for a happy ending here! The fairy princess got mugged in Rosedale!