Being Black, living in the red : race, wealth, and social policy in America / Dalton Conley.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Conley, Dalton, 1969-
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [1999], ©1999.
Subjects:	Since 1900 African Americans > Economic conditions. African Americans > Social conditions > 1975- Social classes > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Race relations. United States > Social policy > 1980-1993. United States > Social policy > 1993- Electronic books.
Genre:	Electronic books.
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Physical Description:	viii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Wealth matters
Forty acres and a mule; historical and contemporary obstacles to Black property accumulation
From financial to social to human capital; assets and education
Up the down escalator; wealth, work, and wages
It takes a village? premarital childbearing and welfare dependency
Getting into the Black; conclusions and policy implications.