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Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II.

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The Dimensions Of A Historical Tragedy * The Explosion of Inner-City Desperation * The Limits of Alienation Poor Black Children And Americas Grand Delusions * The American Traditions of Poor Black Families * Poor Black Children and American Racism * Poor Black Children and American Abundance * Poor Black Children and American Violence * Conclusion: Toward the Stemming of a Historical Tide

On The Edge

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    A Paperback by Carl H Nightingale

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      Publisher: Basic Books
      Publication Date: 1/4/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780465052196, 978-0465052196
      ISBN10: 0465052193

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II.

      Table of Contents
      The Dimensions Of A Historical Tragedy * The Explosion of Inner-City Desperation * The Limits of Alienation Poor Black Children And Americas Grand Delusions * The American Traditions of Poor Black Families * Poor Black Children and American Racism * Poor Black Children and American Abundance * Poor Black Children and American Violence * Conclusion: Toward the Stemming of a Historical Tide

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