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- catalog abstract "Amazing Grace is a book about the hearts of children who grow up in the South Bronx - the poorest congressional district of our nation. Without rhetoric, but drawing extensively upon the words of children, parents, and priests, this book does not romanticize or soften the effects of violence and sickness. One fourth of the child-bearing women in the neighborhoods where these children live test positive for HIV. Pediatric AIDS, life-consuming fires, and gang rivalries take a high toll. Several children die during the year in which this narrative takes place. Although it is a gently written work, Amazing Grace makes clear that the postmodern ghetto of America is not a social accident but is created and sustained by greed, neglect, racism, and expedience. It asks us questions that are, at once, political and theological. What is the value of a child's life? What exactly do we plan to do with those whom we appear to have defined as economically and humanly superfluous? How tough do we dare to be?".
- catalog contributor b8299228.
- catalog coverage "Mott Haven (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Amazing Grace is a book about the hearts of children who grow up in the South Bronx - the poorest congressional district of our nation. Without rhetoric, but drawing extensively upon the words of children, parents, and priests, this book does not romanticize or soften the effects of violence and sickness. One fourth of the child-bearing women in the neighborhoods where these children live test positive for HIV. Pediatric AIDS, life-consuming fires, and gang rivalries take a high toll. Several children die during the year in which this narrative takes place. Although it is a gently written work, Amazing Grace makes clear that the postmodern ghetto of America is not a social accident but is created and sustained by greed, neglect, racism, and expedience. It asks us questions that are, at once, political and theological. What is the value of a child's life? What exactly do we plan to do with those whom we appear to have defined as economically and humanly superfluous? How tough do we dare to be?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index.".
- catalog extent "286 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Amazing grace.".
- catalog identifier "0517799995".
- catalog isFormatOf "Amazing grace.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crown,".
- catalog relation "Amazing grace.".
- catalog spatial "Mott Haven (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.)".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "362.7/09747/1 20".
- catalog subject "Children of minorities New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Children with social disabilities New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "HV875.57.N48 K69 1995".
- catalog subject "Inner cities New York (N.Y.)".
- catalog subject "Inner cities New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Poor children New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Sick children New York (State) New York.".
- catalog title "Amazing grace : the lives of children and the conscience of a nation / Jonathan Kozol.".
- catalog type "text".