Race, poverty, and domestic policy / edited by C. Michael Henry ; foreword by James Tobin.
"What explains the continuing hardship of so many black Americans? A distinguished group of scholars analyzes the long, complex structural and environmental causes of discrimination and their effects on African-Americans. The authors examine the impact of poverty, poor health, poor schools, poo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c2004.
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| Series: | Yale ISPS series.
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| Summary: | "What explains the continuing hardship of so many black Americans? A distinguished group of scholars analyzes the long, complex structural and environmental causes of discrimination and their effects on African-Americans. The authors examine the impact of poverty, poor health, poor schools, poor housing, poor neighborhoods, and few job opportunities - and demonstrate how multiple causes reinforce each other and condemn African-Americans to positions of inferiority and poverty."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 804 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300095414 (alk. paper) |