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001 2008009041
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005 20090901090556.0
008 080229s2008 paua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aE185.86$b.A343 2008
082 00 $a305.38/896073$222
245 00 $aAgainst the wall :$bpoor, young, Black, and male /$cedited by Elijah Anderson.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$cc2008.
300 $axvi, 296 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aThe city in the 21st century
505 0 $aAgainst 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.
650 0 $aAfrican American men$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aAfrican American men$xPsychology.
650 0 $aUrban poor$zUnited States.
650 0 $aInner cities$zUnited States.
700 1 $aAnderson, Elijah.
830 0 $aCity in the twenty-first century book series.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008009041.html