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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	HV4045 .W553 1996		AVAILABLE

Author	Wilson, William J., 1935-
Title	When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor / William Julius Wilson.
Edition	First edition.
OCLC	34355266
ISBN	0394579356
Publisher	New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1996.
Description	xxiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Urban poor -- United States.
	African Americans -- Employment.
	Inner cities -- United States.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-307) and index.
Contents	The new urban poverty -- From institutional to jobless ghettos -- Societal changes and vulnerable neighborhoods -- Ghetto-related behavior and the structure of opportunity -- The fading inner-city family -- The meaning and significance of race : employers and inner-city workers -- The social policy challenge -- The American belief system concerning poverty and welfare -- Racial antagonisms and race-based social policy -- A broader vision : social policy options in cross-national perspective.

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