Code of the Street - Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City (Paperback)

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence, but in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. This unwritten set of rules based largely on an individual's ability to command respect is a powerful and pervasive form of etiquette, governing the way in which people learn to negotiate public spaces. Elijah Anderson's incisive book delineates the code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, to the stigma of race, to rampant drug use, to alienation and lack of hope.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	September 2000
Authors:	Elijah Anderson
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32078-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN:	0-393-32078-2
Barcode:	9780393320787

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