Black Wealth/White Wealth demonstrates how an analysis of private wealth uncovers a revealing story about race in America. An examination of how assets are created, expanded and preserved reveals a deep economic divide between blacks and whites. Charting the changing structure of inequality over many generations, the authors examine how and why many blacks have had difficulty accumulating wealth and opportunities for a better life. In combining quantitative data from over 12,000 households and interviews with a range of ...
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Black Wealth/White Wealth demonstrates how an analysis of private wealth uncovers a revealing story about race in America. An examination of how assets are created, expanded and preserved reveals a deep economic divide between blacks and whites. Charting the changing structure of inequality over many generations, the authors examine how and why many blacks have had difficulty accumulating wealth and opportunities for a better life. In combining quantitative data from over 12,000 households and interviews with a range of black and white families, the racial face of wealth in America is measured and conceptualized.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated in black and white. xii, 242 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (minor scuffing). New York: Routledge, (1995). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Income Inequality. 8vo. Signed First edition (1995. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 242 pages. Signed by author Melvin L. Oliver on front free end paper, " 3/4/99 Dear Nelson, Congratulations on you're appointment and I look forward to being a part of your team in the future. Melvin L. Oliver." The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Melvin L. Oliver is an American academic administrator and professor serving as the sixth president of Pitzer College. He is the first African American to become president of one of the Claremont Colleges. Black spine/White text. #031691.
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