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- catalog abstract "The rise of the black middle class is heralded as evidence of greater racial equality, but why do middle-class blacks possess only fifteen cents for every dollar of wealth held by middle-class whites? Why do 61% of black households have no financial assets at all - twice the rate for white households? Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro analyze wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and persistent racial inequality in America, and they show how public policies fail to redress the problem. Drawing on data from over 12,000 households and in-depth interviews with a range of black and white families, the authors chart the ways in which systematic economic barriers have discouraged many blacks and impaired their ability to accumulate wealth. These barriers - historically low wages and limited access to capital, local and state policies, the rise of the modern suburb, and the making of the urban ghetto - limit opportunities for a better life.".
- catalog contributor b8291419.
- catalog contributor b8291420.
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "1. Race, Wealth, and Equality -- 2. A Sociology of Wealth and Racial Inequality -- 3. Studying Wealth -- 4. Wealth and Inequality in America -- 5. A Story of Two Nations: Race and Wealth -- 6. The Structuring of Racial Inequality in American Life -- 7. Getting Along: Renewing America's Commitment to Racial Justice.".
- catalog description "Drawing on data from over 12,000 households and in-depth interviews with a range of black and white families, the authors chart the ways in which systematic economic barriers have discouraged many blacks and impaired their ability to accumulate wealth. These barriers - historically low wages and limited access to capital, local and state policies, the rise of the modern suburb, and the making of the urban ghetto - limit opportunities for a better life.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-236) and index.".
- catalog description "The rise of the black middle class is heralded as evidence of greater racial equality, but why do middle-class blacks possess only fifteen cents for every dollar of wealth held by middle-class whites? Why do 61% of black households have no financial assets at all - twice the rate for white households? Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro analyze wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and persistent racial inequality in America, and they show how public policies fail to redress the problem.".
- catalog extent "xii, 242 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415913756 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0415918472 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "339.2/2/0973 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "African Americans economics United States.".
- catalog subject "E 185.615 O48b 1995".
- catalog subject "Equality United States.".
- catalog subject "HB835 .O44 1995".
- catalog subject "Social Class United States.".
- catalog subject "Social Justice United States.".
- catalog subject "Socioeconomic Factors United States.".
- catalog subject "Wealth Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Wealth United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Race, Wealth, and Equality -- 2. A Sociology of Wealth and Racial Inequality -- 3. Studying Wealth -- 4. Wealth and Inequality in America -- 5. A Story of Two Nations: Race and Wealth -- 6. The Structuring of Racial Inequality in American Life -- 7. Getting Along: Renewing America's Commitment to Racial Justice.".
- catalog title "Black wealth/white wealth : a new perspective on racial inequality / Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro.".
- catalog type "text".