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Prentice Onayemi conveys the information well, ensuring listeners' attention. -- Audiofile A sociologist who has a knack for writing for general audiences...effectively merges scholarship with a journalist's eye for detail...This is accessible historical sociology that deserves a wide readership. -- Kirkus Reviews [Ghetto] is timely and important. -- Booklist A fascinating analysis of the various conceptions of the 'ghetto' throughout history, as well as a look into the many sociological controversies of these areas and structural racism in the United States...A clearly written book for anyone who is interested in the history of racism and its possible solutions. -- Library Journal (starred review) Duneier resuscitates the 'forgotten ghetto' and the various ways it was understood...[A] far-reaching and incisive study. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A searing and searching examination of the political and cultural history at the root of this powerfully evocative and inflammatory term. -- Boston Globe [Duneier's]...rich intellectual history of the ghetto raises important questions about how we might address the plight of its residents. -- Washington Post Stunningly detailed and timely...In Duneier's impressive and comprehensive volume, readers will find a greater sense of the complexity of America's problem of racial inequality, as well as the urgency-practical and moral-of solving it. -- New York Times Book Review Brilliant...[Duneier's] concerns are born from profound sociological and historical understanding. His book is an incisive, balanced, yet commendably biting account of the unfinished history of the ghetto. -- Wall Street Journal A badly needed and rich historical analysis...[that] helps us discern the insights and blindnesses of policies that seek to empower poor people. -- Cornel West, New York Times bestselling author

A badly needed and rich historical analysis...[that] helps us discern the insights and blindnesses of policies that seek to empower poor people. -- Cornel West, New York Times bestselling author Brilliant...[Duneier's] concerns are born from profound sociological and historical understanding. His book is an incisive, balanced, yet commendably biting account of the unfinished history of the ghetto. -- Wall Street Journal Stunningly detailed and timely...In Duneier's impressive and comprehensive volume, readers will find a greater sense of the complexity of America's problem of racial inequality, as well as the urgency-practical and moral-of solving it. -- New York Times Book Review [Duneier's]...rich intellectual history of the ghetto raises important questions about how we might address the plight of its residents. -- Washington Post A searing and searching examination of the political and cultural history at the root of this powerfully evocative and inflammatory term. -- Boston Globe Duneier resuscitates the 'forgotten ghetto' and the various ways it was understood...[A] far-reaching and incisive study. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A fascinating analysis of the various conceptions of the 'ghetto' throughout history, as well as a look into the many sociological controversies of these areas and structural racism in the United States...A clearly written book for anyone who is interested in the history of racism and its possible solutions. -- Library Journal (starred review) [Ghetto] is timely and important. -- Booklist A sociologist who has a knack for writing for general audiences...effectively merges scholarship with a journalist's eye for detail...This is accessible historical sociology that deserves a wide readership. -- Kirkus Reviews Prentice Onayemi conveys the information well, ensuring listeners' attention. -- Audiofile

[Ghetto] is timely and important. -- ""Booklist"" [Duneier's]...rich intellectual history of the ghetto raises important questions about how we might address the plight of its residents. -- ""Washington Post"" A badly needed and rich historical analysis...[that] helps us discern the insights and blindnesses of policies that seek to empower poor people. -- ""Cornel West, New York Times bestselling author"" A fascinating analysis of the various conceptions of the 'ghetto' throughout history, as well as a look into the many sociological controversies of these areas and structural racism in the United States...A clearly written book for anyone who is interested in the history of racism and its possible solutions. -- ""Library Journal (starred review)"" A searing and searching examination of the political and cultural history at the root of this powerfully evocative and inflammatory term. -- ""Boston Globe"" A sociologist who has a knack for writing for general audiences...effectively merges scholarship with a journalist's eye for detail...This is accessible historical sociology that deserves a wide readership. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Brilliant...[Duneier's] concerns are born from profound sociological and historical understanding. His book is an incisive, balanced, yet commendably biting account of the unfinished history of the ghetto. -- ""Wall Street Journal"" Duneier resuscitates the 'forgotten ghetto' and the various ways it was understood...[A] far-reaching and incisive study. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" Prentice Onayemi conveys the information well, ensuring listeners' attention. -- ""Audiofile"" Stunningly detailed and timely...In Duneier's impressive and comprehensive volume, readers will find a greater sense of the complexity of America's problem of racial inequality, as well as the urgency-practical and moral-of solving it. -- ""New York Times Book Review""

"[Ghetto] is timely and important. -- ""Booklist"" [Duneier's]...rich intellectual history of the ghetto raises important questions about how we might address the plight of its residents. -- ""Washington Post"" A badly needed and rich historical analysis...[that] helps us discern the insights and blindnesses of policies that seek to empower poor people. -- ""Cornel West, New York Times bestselling author"" A fascinating analysis of the various conceptions of the 'ghetto' throughout history, as well as a look into the many sociological controversies of these areas and structural racism in the United States...A clearly written book for anyone who is interested in the history of racism and its possible solutions. -- ""Library Journal (starred review)"" A searing and searching examination of the political and cultural history at the root of this powerfully evocative and inflammatory term. -- ""Boston Globe"" A sociologist who has a knack for writing for general audiences...effectively merges scholarship with a journalist's eye for detail...This is accessible historical sociology that deserves a wide readership. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Brilliant...[Duneier's] concerns are born from profound sociological and historical understanding. His book is an incisive, balanced, yet commendably biting account of the unfinished history of the ghetto. -- ""Wall Street Journal"" Duneier resuscitates the 'forgotten ghetto' and the various ways it was understood...[A] far-reaching and incisive study. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" Prentice Onayemi conveys the information well, ensuring listeners' attention. -- ""Audiofile"" Stunningly detailed and timely...In Duneier's impressive and comprehensive volume, readers will find a greater sense of the complexity of America's problem of racial inequality, as well as the urgency-practical and moral-of solving it. -- ""New York Times Book Review"""

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Mitchell Duneier is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and the author of the award-winning urban ethnographies Slim's Table and Sidewalk. Prentice Onayemi is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator and a voice and film actor who is known for his roles in The Steam-Room Crooner, AmeriQua, and as Joey in the Tony Award-winning play War Horse.

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