Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City

by Mary E. Pattillo and Mary Pattillo

Book Overview

In Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo-a Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century-uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America.
There was a time when North Kenwood-Oakland was plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226649326
• ISBN13: 9780226649320
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"