2nd Edition
Black Wealth / White Wealth A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
360 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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The award-winning Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro's groundbreaking research analyzes wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and persistent racial inequality in America, and they show how public policies have failed to redress the problem.... Read more
1. Race, Wealth, and Equality 2. A Sociology of Wealth and Race Inequality 3. Studying Wealth 4. Wealth and Inequality in America 5. A Story of Two Nations: Race and Wealth 6. The Structuring of Racial Inequality in American Life 7. Getting Along Renewing America's Commitment to Racial Justice Epilogue: Changing Context of Black Wealth/White Wealth: 1995-2005 1. Wealth Inequality Trends 2. The Emergence of Asset Based Policy
Biography
Melvin Oliver is Professor and Dean of Social Sciences, University of California-Santa Barbara.
Thomas Shapiro is Professor, Brandeis University.
