Displaying 1 of 1 1987 Format: Book Author: Wilson, William J., 1935- Title: The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy / William Julius Wilson. Publisher, Date: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987. Description: xi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Subjects: Urban poor -- United States. Inner cities -- United States. Urban policy -- United States. African Americans -- Economic conditions. African Americans -- Social conditions. City dwellers. Social history. Black people. United States -- Race relations. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index. Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award, 1987. Contents: Cycles of deprivation and the ghetto underclass debate -- Social change and social dislocations in the inner city -- Poverty and family structure: the widening gap between evidence and public policy issues -- Joblessness versus welfare effects: a further reexamination -- Race-specific policies and the truly disadvantaged -- Limited visions of race relations and the war on poverty -- Hidden agenda. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 87010822 ISBN: 0226901300 9780226901305 0226901319 9780226901312 Other Number: 15589813 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 42431 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 362.5 Wilson Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
