Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City

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UPC:
9780393040234
Binding:
Hardcover
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Publication Date:
8/21/1999
Author:
Elijah Anderson
Language:
english
Edition:
1st
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Anderson (sociology, U. of Pennsylvania) offers a sympathetic but critical ethnographic treatment of the social and cultural dynamics behind urban violence, covering decent and street families, the mating game, the campaign for respect, and other aspects of inner city street life, all based on years of study in Philadelphia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)