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Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City: William Julius Wilson and the Promise of Sociology

By Frank Harold Wilson

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2004
ISBN
9780791485460, 9780791460153
LCC
HM479.W55 -- W55 2004eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4046062 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series, the New Inequalities Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
283\283
Time added
2023-08-31 16:33:23
-- 1935- ; African American sociologists -- BiograUrban -- United States. ; African Americans -- SocWilliam J.Wilson

Description

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the scholarship of William Julius Wilson, one of the nation's leading sociologists and public intellectuals, and the controversies surrounding his work. In addressing the connection between postindustrial cities and changing race relations, the author, who is not related to William Julius Wilson, shows how Wilson has synthesized competing theories of race relations, urban sociology, and public policy into a refocused liberal analysis of postindustrial America. Combining intellectual biography, the sociology of knowledge, and theoretical analyses of sociological debates relevant to African Americans, this book provides both appraisal and critique, ultimately assessing Wilson's contribution to the sociological canon.

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