Cities and Race: America's New Black Ghetto

by David Wilson and David Wilson

Book Overview

This fascinating book examines the 1990s rise of a new black ghetto in rust belt America, 'the global ghetto'. It uses the emergent perspective of 'racial economy' to delineate a fundamental proposition; historically neglected and marginalized black ghettos, in a 1990s era of societal boom and bust, have become more impoverished, more stigmatized, and functionally ambiguous as areas.

As these ghettos grow in size and become more stigmatized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415358051
• ISBN13: 9780415358057
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.5"