There Goes the Neighborhood
Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America
By Richard P. Taub, William Julius Wilson | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
About the book
From one of America’s most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, There Goes the Neighborhood is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans’ most personal choices—where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle class neighborhoods in Chicago, these riveting first-person narratives and the meticulous research which accompanies them reveal honest yet disturbing realities—ones that remind us why the elusive American dream of integrated neighborhoods remains a priority of race relations in our time.
Editions of There Goes the Neighborhood
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780394579368
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780679724186
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307794703
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From one of America’s most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, There Goes the Neighborhood is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans’ most personal choices—where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle class neighborhoods in Chicago, these riveting first-person narratives and the meticulous research which accompanies them reveal honest yet disturbing realities—ones that remind us why the elusive American dream of integrated neighborhoods remains a priority of race relations in our time.
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From one of America’s most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, There Goes the Neighborhood is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans’ most personal choices—where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle class neighborhoods in Chicago, these riveting first-person narratives and the meticulous research which accompanies them reveal honest yet disturbing realities—ones that remind us why the elusive American dream of integrated neighborhoods remains a priority of race relations in our time.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in There Goes the Neighborhood?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Urban communities / city life
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book There Goes the Neighborhood?
Richard P. Taub, William Julius Wilson
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There Goes the Neighborhood is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780394579368) and paperback(ISBN 9780679724186) and ebook(ISBN 9780307794703)
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