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Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the scholarship of William Julius Wilson, one of the nation's leading sociologists and public intellectuals, and the controversies surrounding his work. In addressing the connection between postindustrial cities and changing race relations, the author, who is not related to William Julius Wilson, shows how Wilson has synthesized competing theories of race relations, urban sociology, and public policy into a refocused liberal analysis of postindustrial America. Combining intellectual biography, the sociology of knowledge, and theoretical analyses of sociological debates relevant to African Americans, this book provides both appraisal and critique, ultimately assessing Wilson's contribution to the sociological canon.

African American sociologists --- Sociology, Urban --- African Americans --- Urban poor --- Inner cities --- Afro-American sociologists --- Negro sociologists --- Sociologists, African American --- Sociologists --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Wilson, William J., --- Wilson, William Julius, --- United States --- Race relations. --- Social policy. --- Race question