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"Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the
scholarship of William Julius Wilson, one of the nation's leading
sociologists and public intellectuals, and the controversies
surrounding his work. In addressing the connection between
postindustrial cities and changing race relations, the author, who
is not related to William Julius Wilson, shows how Wilson has
synthesized competing theories of race relations, urban sociology,
and public policy into a refocused liberal analysis of
postindustrial America. Combining intellectual biography, the
sociology of knowledge, and theoretical analyses of sociological
debates relevant to African Americans, this book provides both
appraisal and critique, ultimately assessing Wilson's contribution
to the sociological canon.
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