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When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor

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When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor - Wilson, William Julius
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The acclaimed author of "The Truly Disadvantaged" now gives readers the most important book on race and poverty that's been written in recent years. In "When Work Disappears", William Julius Wilson looks squarely at the pathologies of our urban ghettos and attributes them to the disappearance of jobs in the wake of a globalized economy. A "New York Time" Notable Book of the Year.

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When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor 1997, Vintage, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780679724179

Trade paperback

When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor 1996, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780394579351

Hardcover