FEATURED
BOOKS
of the KBC Digital Seminar
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MUST
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NOTABLE BOOKS2000 |
December 2000
Forthcoming in 2001
Bridges of Memory
An Oral History of Three Generations of African Americans in Chicago. by Timuel D. Black, Jr.
Timuel Black has been a Chicago activist for most of his 81 years. Over the past decade, he has interviewed hundreds of representatives from each of three generation of African Americans in Chicago.
Pre-Order from Northwestern
University Press
or the DuSable Museum of African
American History
November 2000
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Code of the Street by Eli Anderson is one of the most influential books on street culture ever written.
Order Code of the Street from Norton. |
Special: Is God on Our Side? |
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Sudhir Venkatesh's American Project is the best book on gangs and public housing. It describes the history of Chicago's public housing and the tense relationship between the gangs and other residents. No book on Chicago gangs captures their contemporary flavor as much as American Project. Order American Project from Harvard University Press |
January, 2001
Female Gangs in America, edited by Meda Chesney-Lind and John M. Hagedorn is the first and only edited volume on female gangs. Order this book from:
