On the edge
Subtitle: a history of poor black children and their American dreams
By: Carl Husemoller Nightingale.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: African American children; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Race relations
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-247) and index.