Code of the Street : Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
25th Anniversary Edition
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1324106026
ISBN-13
9781324106029
Edition
25th Anniversary Edition
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Imprint
WW Norton & Co
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 25th, 2026
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
316 grams
Dimensions
21.10 x 14.00 x 2.30 cms
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25th Anniversary Edition“Unsparing and important… An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.” – The Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)
Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence, but in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. This unwritten set of rules–based largely on an individual's ability to command respect–is a powerful and pervasive form of etiquette, governing the way in which people learn to negotiate public spaces. Elijah Anderson's incisive book delineates the code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, to the stigma of race, to rampant drug use, to alienation and lack of hope.
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