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Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor

by William Juli Wilson

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ISBN13: 9780394579351
ISBN10: 0394579356
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For the first time in the 20th century, the majority of adults in the inner cities are not working. In an important and long-awaited study, one of the country's leading sociologists, the acclaimed author of The Truly Disadvantaged, analyzes the disappearance of work and its effects on the inner city of Chicago.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-307) and index.
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ISBN:
9780394579351
Subtitle:
(the world of the new urban poor )
Author:
Wilson, William Julius
Publisher:
A.A Knopf :
Location:
New York :
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Sociology - Urban
Subject:
Economic Conditions
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
1981-
Subject:
Inner cities
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Urban poor
Subject:
Inner cities -- United States.
Copyright:
1996
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
43
Publication Date:
1996
Binding:
Trade Cloth
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
xxiii, 322 p.
Dimensions:
9.57x6.64x1.30 in. 1.63 lbs.
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