| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 299 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. The art of savage discovery : how to blame the victim -- 2. Savage discovery in the schools : the folklore of cultural deprivation -- 3. Mammy observed : fixing the Negro family -- 4. The prevalence of bastards : illegitimate views of illegitimacy -- 5. Learning to be poor : the culture of poverty cheesecake -- 6. The hydraulics and economics of misery : the society for the preservation of disease -- 7. Taking people out of Oak Street : slums, suburbs and subsidies -- 8. Illegal order : the administration of injustice -- 9. Counting Black bodies : riots, raids and repression -- 10. In praise of loot and clout : money, power and social change -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.
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Blame -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Social Conditions. (DNLM)D012924 |
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United States. (DNLM)D014481 |
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Psychology, Social. (DNLM)D011593 |
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Blame -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00834117
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Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1960-1980
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| ISBN |
0394417267 |
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9780394417264 |
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