Book Detail

When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor

ISBN: 9780679724179

Contributors: Wilson, William Julius (Author)

Publisher: Vintage, 1997

Binding: Paperback (Readerbound Available)

Retail: $17.00

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1 copy: $13.26
2-29 copies: $12.41
30+ copies: $11.90

Description

The acclaimed author of "The Truly Disadvantaged" now gives readers the most important book on race and poverty that's been written in recent years. In "When Work Disappears", William Julius Wilson looks squarely at the pathologies of our urban ghettos and attributes them to the disappearance of jobs in the wake of a globalized economy. A "New York Time" Notable Book of the Year.

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