The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions by William Julius Wilson

The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions

William Julius Wilson

251 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

When first published in 1980, The Declining Significance of Race immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black Americans than class.

Community Reviews Summary of 9 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
informative 100%

Pace

medium 100%

Average rating

3.67

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.