On The Edge: A History Of Poor Black Children And Their American Dreams - Softcover

Nightingale, Carl H

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Synopsis


Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II.

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About the Author


Carl Husemoller Nightingale is assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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A poignant and eye-opening look at the hidden world of poor black children: the people middle-class Americans most fear and misunderstand.

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9780465036516: On The Edge: A History Of Poor Black Children And Their American Dreams

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ISBN 10:  0465036511 ISBN 13:  9780465036516
Publisher: Basic Books, 1993
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