{"product_id":"tallys-corner-9780742528963","title":"Tallys Corner","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition of Tally''s Corner, a sociological classic selling more than one million copies, was the first compelling response to the culture of poverty thesisthat the poor are different and, according to conservatives, morally inferiorand alternative explanations that many African Americans are caught in a tangle of pathology owing to the absence of black men in families. The debate has raged up to the present day. Yet Liebow''s shadow theory of valuesespecially the values of poor, urban, black menremains the single most parsimonious account of the reasons why the behavior of the poor appears to be at odds with the values of the American mainstream.While Elliot Liebow''s vivid narrative of street-corner black men remains unchanged, the new introductions to this long-awaited revised edition bring the book up to date. Wilson and Lemert describe the debates since 1965 and situate Liebow''s classic text in respect to current theories of urban poverty and race. They account for what \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTally's Corner is an important book for anyone seeking to understand America. -- Herbert Gans, author of Democracy and the News\u003cbr\u003eWhenever and wherever people come out of the dark to face the shadow of America's befuddled relation to the Black man of the city, Tally's Corner is somewhere on the penumbra of consciousness, serving as a lifeline against the currents of ill-informed racist blather about urban poverty. . . . The story of the Black man of the city is ultimately the story of the modern city itself, and in turn of the postmodern global economy. It is a story that is nowhere near its final chapter. -- Charles Lemert, Andrus Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University\u003cbr\u003eFrom Reviews of the First Edition:    Elliot Liebow is an honest and talented anthropologist who can see clearly, feel unashamedly, and write a straight lively sentence. His book, Tally's Corner . . . emerges as a valuable and even surprising triumph.  —Sunday New York Times    This is a sharp, hard-hitting observation of a segment of life and society in action.  —Washington Star    Nothing short of brilliant—a work of importance  —Daniel Patrick Moynihannnn\u003cbr\u003eThe true mark of a classic book is whether it can withstand the test of time. [Liebow's] arguments concerning the work experience and family life of black street-corner men in a Washington, D.C. ghetto still ring true today. . . . In the last three decades, low-skilled African-American males have encountered greater difficulty gaining access to jobs, even menial jobs. -- William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eFrom Reviews of the First Edition:  Elliot Liebow is an honest and talented anthropologist who can see clearly, feel unashamedly, and write a straight lively sentence. His book, Tally's Corner . . . emerges as a valuable and even surprising triumph. —Sunday New York Times  This is a sharp, hard-hitting observation of a segment of life and society in action. —Washington Star  Nothing short of brilliant—a work of importance —Daniel Patrick Moynihan\u003cbr\u003eIt's a remarkable book, an academic work - it grew out of Liebow's doctoral thesis - that isn't dry or boring. It's an in-depth look at a group of men who routinely hung out on a Washington street corner in the early 1960s. These are poor men, flawed men, unemployed and underemployed men. But they are treated with respect. And although Liebow used pseudonyms, giving the men such names as Tally, Sea Cat, Richard and Leroy, they come across as flesh-and-blood individuals. When Tally's Corner was published in 1967, the New York Times called it \"a valuable and even surprising triumph.\" The late senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) called it \"nothing short of brilliant.\" * The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Foreword to the 2003 Edition Chapter 2 Foreword to the 1967 Edition Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Introduction to the 2003 Edition Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Men and Jobs Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Fathers without Children Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Husbands and Wives Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Lovers and Exploiters Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Friends and Networks Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Conclusion Chapter 10 Appendix: A Field Experience in Retrospect","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037581934935,"sku":"9780742528963","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742528963.jpg?v=1750936364","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tallys-corner-9780742528963","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}