- Additional Authors
- Anderson, Elijah.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 296 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- The city in the 21st century
- Uniform Title
- Against the wall (Online)
- City in the twenty-first century book series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Against the wall: poor, young, black, and male / Elijah Anderson -- David's story: from promise to despair / Raymond Gunn -- Young, black, and male: the life history of an American drug dealer facing death row / Waverly Duck -- The economic plight of inner-city black males / William Julius Wilson -- Blacklisted: hiring discrimination in an era of mass incarceration / Devah Pager -- The effects of immigration on the economic position of young black males / Gerald D. Jaynes -- Immigration and equal opportunity / Douglas S. Massey -- Youth entrepreneurship training in the inner city: overcoming disadvantage, engaging youth in school / Luke Anderson -- Black male students and reflections on learning and teaching / L. Janelle Dance -- Fighting like a ballplayer: basketball as a strategy against social disorganization / Scott N. Brooks -- "Tell us how it feels to be a problem": hip hop longings and poor young black men / Imani Perry -- Social issues lurking in the over-representation of young African American men in the expanding DNA databases / Troy Duster -- "You can take me outta the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood outta me": youth incarceration and reentry / Jamie J. Fader -- Suicide patterns among black males / Sean Joe -- Why are handguns so accessible on urban streets? / David Kairys -- What do we do now? Toward a brighter future for young African American men / Peter Edelman.
- LCCN
- 2008009041
- OCLC
- ssj0000750142
- Title
Against the wall [electronic resource] : poor, young, Black, and male / edited by Elijah Anderson.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.
- Series
The city in the 21st century
City in the twenty-first century book series.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Anderson, Elijah.