When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor
by William Julius Wilson
For the first time in the 20th century, the majority of adults in the inner cities are not working. In an important and long-awaited study, one of the country's leading sociologists, the acclaimed author of The Truly Disadvantaged, analyzes the disappearance of work and its effects on the inner city of Chicago.
POVERTYUNITED STATES_ECONOMIC CONDITIONS_1981-2001POOR_UNITED STATESURBAN POOR
RELEASED1996
PUBLISHERKnopf
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEEN
When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor
by William Julius Wilson
For the first time in the 20th century, the majority of adults in the inner cities are not working. In an important and long-awaited study, one of the country's leading sociologists, the acclaimed author of The Truly Disadvantaged, analyzes the disappearance of work and its effects on the inner city of Chicago.
POVERTYUNITED STATES_ECONOMIC CONDITIONS_1981-2001POOR_UNITED STATESURBAN POOR
RELEASED1996
PUBLISHERKnopf
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEEN