The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State
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The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State
By (Author) Patricia Fernndez-Kelly
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
13th April 2015
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Ethnic studies
Sociology
362.5097526
Physical Properties
Hardback
440
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
709g
Description
Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. The Hero's Fight provides an intimate look at the effects of deindustrialization on the lives of Baltimore's urban poor, and sheds critical light on the unintend
Reviews
Finalist for the 2015 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems "[T]his thought-provoking book--and the comprehensive research behind it--could, if heeded, help alleviate some of society's most intractable problems."--Publishers Weekly "[A] compelling and nuanced examination of the intersections of race, gender, and poverty... The author makes a significant theoretical contribution to the poverty literature that moves beyond the bifurcated arguments of blaming the poor, or blaming the state for restricting opportunities to the poor."--Choice
Author Bio
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly is senior lecturer in sociology at Princeton University. Her books include For We Are Sold, I and My People: Women and Industry in Mexico's Frontier. She coproduced the Emmy Award-winning documentary The Global Assembly Line.
