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Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America , Dash, Leon
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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- 9780465070923
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465070922
ISBN-13
9780465070923
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1075144
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rosa Lee : a Mother and Her Family in Urban America
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Poverty & Homelessness, Psychopathology / Addiction, Sociology / Urban, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
1996
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-019403
Dewey Edition
21
Photographed by
Perkins, Lucian
Dewey Decimal
305.5/69/0973
Synopsis
Based on a heart-rending and much discussed series in the Washington Post, this is the story of one woman and her family living in the projects in Washington, D.C. A transcendent piece of writing, it won the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award., Based on a heart-rending and much discussed series in the Washington Post, this is the story of one woman and her family living in the projects in Washington, D.C. A transcendent piece of writing, it won the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.For four years Leon Dash of the Washington Post followed the lives of Rosa Lee Cunningham, her children, and five of her grandchildren, in an effort to understand the persistence of poverty and pathology within America's black underclass. Rosa Lee's life story spans a half century of hardship in the slums and housing projects of Southeast Washington, a stone's throw from the marble halls and civic monuments of the world's most prosperous nation. Yet for all of America's efforts, Rosa Lee and millions like her remain trapped in a cycle of poverty characterized by illiteracy, teenage pregnancy, drugs, and violent crime.Dash brings us into her life and the lives of her family members offering a human drama that statistics can only refer to. He also shows how some people--including two of Rosa Lee's children--have made it out of the ghetto, breaking the cycle to lead stable middle-class lives in the mainstream of American society.
LC Classification Number
E185.86.D37 1996
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Seller feedback (151,108)
- e***r (410)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat book, thanks
- -***5 (148)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGood quality.
- d***d (590)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThank you. Only issue is NOT THE SAME COVER AS SHOWN. Still good book. Just was wanting the older edition