The Metropolis in Black and White: Place, Power, and Polarization

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America's metropolitan areas are more polarized along racial lines than at any time since the 1960s. This essential collection uncovers the stark interracial contrasts characterizing the American metropolis. The contributors examine employment, income, the underclass, education, housing, health and mortality, political participation, and racial politics. The intertwined themes of spatial isolation, political empowerment, and racial disparities--place, power, and polarization--guide the analyses. The Metropolis in Black and White is an indispensable text for courses in urban affairs, American studies, economics, geography, sociology, political science, urban planning, and racial and ethnic studies. "[A]n honest juxtaposition of some of the conflicting points of view on perhaps the knottiest problem of our times." APA Journal "[A] genuinely collaborative effort based upon . . . dialogue between urban scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. . . . Each chapter has something useful to say." Economic Geography