The problems and special needs of black women are still given inadequate attention in social science anaylses. Too often black women are subsumed under the category of "blacks" or "women," with little consideration for their unique nneds. This volume focuses on black women as a special group. It includes papers given at a symposium on the economic status of black women, co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and The Review of Black Political Economy.
The problems and special needs of black women are still given inadequate attention in social science anaylses. Too often black women are subsumed unde...
The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting several classic writings on this elusive topic by and about blacks, and presenting new contributions by researchers at the frontier of work on the subject.
Among the landmark articles included are W.E.B. Dubois' famous examination of crime in Philadelphia, an analysis of black criminal behavior by Walter Willcox, who was chief statistician of the Census Bureau at the time he wrote this essay, and excerpts from the ninth Atlanta...
The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting...
