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Prologue: The Death of Shorty

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Prologue: The Death of Shorty 1
  4. Chapter 1. What Is an American City? 19
  5. Chapter 2. The New African American Inequality 47
  6. Chapter 3. Why Don’t American Cities Burn Very Often? 78
  7. Chapter 4. From Underclass to Entrepreneur: New Technologies of Poverty Work in Urban America 101
  8. Epilogue: The Existential Problem of Urban Studies 151
  9. Notes 163
  10. Index 193
  11. Acknowledgments 209
Why Don't American Cities Burn?
This chapter is in the book Why Don't American Cities Burn?
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205206.1

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Prologue: The Death of Shorty 1
  4. Chapter 1. What Is an American City? 19
  5. Chapter 2. The New African American Inequality 47
  6. Chapter 3. Why Don’t American Cities Burn Very Often? 78
  7. Chapter 4. From Underclass to Entrepreneur: New Technologies of Poverty Work in Urban America 101
  8. Epilogue: The Existential Problem of Urban Studies 151
  9. Notes 163
  10. Index 193
  11. Acknowledgments 209
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