Full Description
Left Behind in Rosedale is a stunning analysis of community and neighborhood decline. Through creative application of ethnographic analysis, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, Scott Cummings' unique book breathes human life into one of the most serious problems facing the nation's cities: the ghettoization of urban neighborhoods. Tra
Contents
Race Relations and Urban Neighborhoods -- The Ghettoization of Rosedale -- Racial Transition and the Loss of Community -- Racism and Residential Transition: Old Myths and New Realities -- The Adolescent Menace: Beyond Racial Stereotypes -- Sexual Violence in Rosedale -- The Wilding Incidents of 1982 -- The Underclass of Rosedale: Community Institutions in Crisis -- The Struggle to Create New Institutions: The Crisis Deepens -- Public Policy, Social Change, and the Fall of Rosedale -- Race Relations, Social Justice, and the Future of Urban Neighborhoods
