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Author Anderson, Elijah.

Title Code of the street : decency, violence, and the moral life of the inner city / Elijah Anderson.

Publication Info. New York : W.W Norton, 2000.
©1999

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F158.9.N4 A52 2000    Available  ---
 Moore Stacks  F158.9.N4 A52 2000 c.2  Available  ---
Edition 1st pbk. ed.
Description 352 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342) and index.
Contents Down Germantown Avenue -- Decent and street families -- Campaigning for respect -- Drugs, violence, and street crime -- The mating game -- The decent daddy -- The black inner-city grandmother in transition -- John Turner's story -- The conversion of a role model: looking for Mr. Johnson.
Subject African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions.
African Americans.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Social conditions.
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Inner cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Inner cities.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 0393320782 paperback