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Against the Wall : Poor, Young, Black, and Male.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The City in the Twenty-First Century SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (314 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812206951
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Against the WallDDC classification:
  • 305.38/896073
LOC classification:
  • E185.86 -- .A343 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Strong Men Keep A-Comin On -- Part I. Facing the Situation of Young Black Men in Inner Cities -- Chapter 1. Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male -- Chapter 2. David's Story: From Promise to Despair -- Chapter 3. Young, Black, and Male: The Life History of an American Drug Dealer Facing Death Row -- Part II. Structural Analyses of Joblessness Among Black Youth -- Chapter 4. The Economic Plight of Inner-City Black Males -- Chapter 5. Blacklisted: Hiring Discrimination in an Era of Mass Incarceration -- Chapter 6. The Effects of Immigration on the Economic Position of Young Black Males -- Chapter 7. Immigration and Equal Opportunity -- Part III. Engaging Urban Youth in Social Institutions -- Chapter 8. Youth Entrepreneurship Training in the Inner City: Overcoming Disadvantage, Engaging Youth in School -- Chapter 9. Black Male Students and Reflections on Learning and Teaching -- Chapter 10. Fighting like a Ballplayer: Basketball as a Strategy Against Social Disorganization -- Chapter 11. "Tell us how it feels to be a problem": Hip Hop Longings and Poor Young Black Men -- Part IV. Social Policy Matters -- Chapter 12. Social Issues Lurking in the Over-Representation of Young African American Men in the Expanding DNA Databases -- Chapter 13. "You can take me outta the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood outta me": Youth Incarceration and Reentry -- Chapter 14. Suicide Patterns Among Black Males -- Chapter 15. Why Are Handguns So Accessible on Urban Streets? -- Chapter 16. What Do We Do Now? Toward a Brighter Future for Young African American Men -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Edited and with an introductory chapter by sociologist Elijah Anderson, the essays in Against the Wall describe how young black men have come to be identified publicly with crime and violence.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Strong Men Keep A-Comin On -- Part I. Facing the Situation of Young Black Men in Inner Cities -- Chapter 1. Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male -- Chapter 2. David's Story: From Promise to Despair -- Chapter 3. Young, Black, and Male: The Life History of an American Drug Dealer Facing Death Row -- Part II. Structural Analyses of Joblessness Among Black Youth -- Chapter 4. The Economic Plight of Inner-City Black Males -- Chapter 5. Blacklisted: Hiring Discrimination in an Era of Mass Incarceration -- Chapter 6. The Effects of Immigration on the Economic Position of Young Black Males -- Chapter 7. Immigration and Equal Opportunity -- Part III. Engaging Urban Youth in Social Institutions -- Chapter 8. Youth Entrepreneurship Training in the Inner City: Overcoming Disadvantage, Engaging Youth in School -- Chapter 9. Black Male Students and Reflections on Learning and Teaching -- Chapter 10. Fighting like a Ballplayer: Basketball as a Strategy Against Social Disorganization -- Chapter 11. "Tell us how it feels to be a problem": Hip Hop Longings and Poor Young Black Men -- Part IV. Social Policy Matters -- Chapter 12. Social Issues Lurking in the Over-Representation of Young African American Men in the Expanding DNA Databases -- Chapter 13. "You can take me outta the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood outta me": Youth Incarceration and Reentry -- Chapter 14. Suicide Patterns Among Black Males -- Chapter 15. Why Are Handguns So Accessible on Urban Streets? -- Chapter 16. What Do We Do Now? Toward a Brighter Future for Young African American Men -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Edited and with an introductory chapter by sociologist Elijah Anderson, the essays in Against the Wall describe how young black men have come to be identified publicly with crime and violence.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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