{"product_id":"black-on-the-block-the-politics-of-race-and-class-in-the-city-paperback","title":"Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Pattillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlack on the Block\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Pattillo-a \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e Woman of the 21st Century-uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America.\u003cbr\u003e There was a time when North Kenwood-Oakland was plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up to tackle the social problems that had plagued the area for decades. \u003ci\u003eBlack on the Block\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of how these residents laid the groundwork for a revitalized and self-consciously \u003ci\u003eblack\u003c\/i\u003e neighborhood that continues to flourish today. But theirs is not a tale of easy consensus and political unity, and here Pattillo teases out the divergent class interests that have come to define black communities like North Kenwood-Oakland. She explores the often heated battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old-timers as they clash over the social implications of gentrification. Along the way, Pattillo highlights the conflicted but crucial role that middle-class blacks play in transforming such districts as they negotiate between established centers of white economic and political power and the needs of their less fortunate black neighbors. \"A century from now, when today's sociologists and journalists are dust and their books are too, those who want to understand what the hell happened to Chicago will be finding the answer in this one.\"-\u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To see how diversity creates strange and sometimes awkward bedfellows . . . turn to Mary Pattillo's \u003ci\u003eBlack on the Block\u003c\/i\u003e.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlobe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Pattillo\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology and African American studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Picket Fences: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrivilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Imprisoning America: The Social Effects of Mass Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 8.86 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45268795555942,"sku":"9780226649320","price":56.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ZXg5Z1ZuMTFnMUYxM0J3eDVpb1hwdz09.webp?v=1773895830","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/black-on-the-block-the-politics-of-race-and-class-in-the-city-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}