William Julius Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is also the author of Power, Racism, and Privilege; The Declining Significance of Race; The Truly Disadvantaged; and The Bridge over the Racial Divide. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Richard P. Taub is the Paul Klapper Professor of Social Sciences and Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where he is also professor of sociology and human development. His previous books include Community Capitalism and Paths of Neighborhood Change.
“Timely...Important and troubling.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Improving conditions in America’s urban neighborhoods will require
a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics that divide
residents along racial, ethnic and class lines. This compelling and
exhaustively researched book makes an invaluable contribution to
that endeavor. The focus is on Chicago, but policymakers and
concerned citizens from every city in America will learn a great
deal from Wilson and Taub’s work.”
—Senator John Edwards
“Profoundly sobering. . . . Careful and convincing.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“Offers a dispassionate analysis of the facts. . . . Wilson and
Taub bring the best of social science to bear on these issues;
their call is for each of us to face up to what these facts mean
for our country and for each of us as citizens.”
—Senator Bill Bradley
"Timely...Important and troubling."
-Chicago Tribune
"Improving conditions in America's urban neighborhoods will require
a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics that divide
residents along racial, ethnic and class lines. This compelling and
exhaustively researched book makes an invaluable contribution to
that endeavor. The focus is on Chicago, but policymakers and
concerned citizens from every city in America will learn a great
deal from Wilson and Taub's work."
-Senator John Edwards
"Profoundly sobering. . . . Careful and convincing."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Offers a dispassionate analysis of the facts. . . . Wilson and
Taub bring the best of social science to bear on these issues;
their call is for each of us to face up to what these facts mean
for our country and for each of us as citizens."
-Senator Bill Bradley
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