Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC

by Nelson F. Kofie

Book Overview

First published in 1999.This case study examines how low-income residents, community leaders, the Nation of Islam, and the police joined forces to close down an open air drug market. The research shows how a previously stable black community became severely destabilized and documents the efforts of community members to mobilize their neighbors around home ownership, tenant empowerment and jobs.
Adopting a holistic perspective, the author examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815331142
• ISBN13: 9780815331148
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"