On The Edge

Carl Husemoller Nightingale is assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

• The Dimensions Of A Historical Tragedy * The Explosion of Inner-City Desperation * The Limits of Alienation Poor Black Children And Americas Grand Delusions * The American Traditions of Poor Black Families * Poor Black Children and American Racism * Poor Black Children and American Abundance * Poor Black Children and American Violence * Conclusion: Toward the Stemming of a Historical Tide