THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND CLASS TENSIONS IN FOUR CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR MEANING FOR AMERICA

Book ID/图书代码： 02740006B08265

English Summary/英文概要： A stunning, long-awaited book that looks at the (still) shocking truths of race, ethnicity, and class in America today.
William Julius Wilson, among our most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, author of When Work Disappears (“Profound and disturbing”—Time; “His magnum opus”—David Remnick, The New Yorker), and Richard P. Taub, chairman of the Department on Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, spent three years with a group of researchers studying four working- and lower-middle-class Chicago neighborhoods: African American, white ethnic, Latino, and one in transition from white ethnic to Latino.
Their focus: to understand how and why certain urban residents react to looming racial, ethnic, or class changes, and what their reactions mean in terms of the stability of their neighborhood.
Using first-person narratives and interviews throughout, There Goes the Neighborhood gives voice to attitudes and realities few Americans are willing to look at. Their findings lay bare a disturbing and incontrovertible truth: that the American dream of racial integration, forty-two years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, still eludes us—and, in fact, may not happen in the foreseeable future.
The authors examine the ways in which forces that contribute to strong neighborhoods work against the idea of integration. They explain why residents of neighborhoods with weak social organizations often choose to move rather than confront unwanted ethnic or racial change. Finally, the authors make clear that the racial and ethnic tensions that have become all but inherent to urban neighborhoods have urgent implications for Americans at every level of society.
Groundbreaking, authoritative, eye-opening—and certain to rekindle, and permanently alter, the discussion of race relations in our time.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本让人期待已久的精彩小说，揭示了当今美国社会种种敏感话题：种族、部落和社会阶级。
William Julius Wilson，当今世界最为让人尊敬的社会学家之一，同时担任都市政策顾问一职，《When Work Disappears》一书的作者。Richard P. Taub芝加哥大学人类解析部门的主席，与由同为研究者所组成的组员花了三年的时间研究芝加哥周遍地区的劳动阶级和低、中层阶级：非洲黑人、白人、拉丁美洲人、以及由白人所迁移组成的拉丁部落。
中心：理解部分都市居民对于偏僻种族，部落或是社会阶级的改变会有怎样的反映，以及他们为什么会做出这样的意见，还有他们的意见对于周边地区的团结、稳定性具有什么样的意义。
用第一人称的方式贯穿整个采访叙述，本书说出了少数美国群众对于现实的态度和心声。他们的调查结果揭示了无以争辩的事实：《公民权利》起效的二十二年以来，美国人的梦想——种族统一，仍旧是个遥远的梦，事实上，在可预见的未来也不可能发生。
书中介绍了为什么有些欠缺社会团结意识的人类宁愿选择迁移至其它地方，也不愿接受和面对不受欢迎的种族变化。最后，作者明确的指出种族问题的紧张局势已深入美国的周边地区，而且也暗喻着当今美国社会的等级分制。 本书冲破传统思想，用权威、开放甚至与尖锐的视角讨论种族歧视问题。

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About the Author/作者介绍： William Julius Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is also the author of Power, Racism, and Privilege; The Declining Significance of Race; The Truly Disadvantaged; and The Bridge over the Racial Divide. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Richard P. Taub is the Paul Klapper Professor of Social Sciences and Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where he is also professor of sociology and human development. His previous books include Community Capitalism and Paths of Neighborhood Change.
William Julius Wilson是哈佛大学Lewis P. 和Linda L. Geyser学院的教授。他也是《Power, Racism, and Privilege》等书的作者。他现居住于剑桥与马萨诸塞州。 Richard P. Taub是芝加哥大学社会科学与公共政治科系的教授。并著有<< Community Capitalism>>和<< Paths of Neighborhood Change>>两本书。

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