Authors: Elliot Liebow, Charles Lemert
ISBN-13: 9780742528963, ISBN-10: 0742528960
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: 2nd Edition
The first edition of Tally's Corner, a sociological classic, was the first compelling response to the culture of poverty thesisthat the poor are different and, according to conservatives, morally inferiorand alternative explanations that many African Americans are caught in a tangle of pathology owing to the absence of black men in families. Elliot Liebow's new introduction to this long-awaited revised edition bring the book up to date.
Foreword to the 2003 Edition | ||
Foreword to the 1967 Edition | ||
Introduction to the 2003 Edition | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
1 | Introduction | 1 |
2 | Men and Jobs | 19 |
3 | Fathers without Children | 47 |
4 | Husbands and Wives | 67 |
5 | Lovers and Exploiters | 89 |
6 | Friends and Networks | 105 |
7 | Conclusion | 135 |
App | A Field Experience in Retrospect | 151 |
References | 167 | |
Index | 171 | |
About the Author | 179 |