On The Edge: A History Of Poor Black Children And Their American Dreams
By (Author) Carl H Nightingale
Basic Books
Basic Books
4th January 1995
4th January 1995
United States
General
Non Fiction
Child welfare and youth services
Age groups: children
Age groups: adolescents
Social and ethical issues
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
362.70860973
Paperback
288
Width 137mm, Height 203mm
Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II..
Carl Husemoller Nightingale is assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.