All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community

Stack, Carol B.

ISBN 10: 0061319821 / ISBN 13: 9780061319822

Published by Basic Books, 1983

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061319821
• ISBN 13: 9780061319822
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 7 ounces
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Synopsis

"This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm"

About the Author

Carol B. Stack is professor of women's studies and education at the University of California at Berkeley. The author of All Our Kin and numerous articles on poverty and social policy, she is also past president of the Society for Urban Anthropology. She was awarded the Prize for Critical Research in 1995 from the Society for the Anthropology of North America. She has received Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Russel Sage Fellowships. She returns often to a home in North Carolina.