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Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
Code of the Street Decency Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City
Author: Elijah Anderson
Where the rule of law does not apply, survival depends on intimate knowledge of this powerful, inflexible etiquette that colors every human transaction. Inner-city black America often seems to be defined by random, senseless street violence. In fact, although violence is a salient feature of inner-city communities, its use is far from rando...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393040234
ISBN-10: 0393040232
Publication Date: 8/1999
Pages: 352
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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Eloquent and moving.... A strikingly powerful work that rings with urgency.


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