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Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
West Baltimore stands out in the popular imagination as the quintessential "inner city"; gritty, run-down, and marred by drugs and gang violence. Indeed, with the collapse of manufacturing jobs in the 1970s, the area experienced a rapid onset of poverty and high unemployment, with few public resources available to alleviate economic distress. But in stark contrast to the image of a perpetual "urban underclass" depicted in television by shows like...
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