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Author Conley, Dalton, 1969-

Title Honky / Dalton Conley.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
©2000

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.23 CONLEY    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY CONLEY, DALTON    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  305.23 CON    Check Shelf
Description xii, 231 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Prologue -- 1. Black babies -- 2. Trajectories -- 3. Downward mobility -- 4. Race lessons -- 5. Fear -- 6. Learning class -- 7. The hawk -- 8. Getting paid -- 9. Sesame Street -- 10. Welcome to America -- 11. No soap radio -- 12. Moving on up -- 13. Disco sucks -- 14. Addictions -- 15. Symmetry -- 16. Fire -- 17. Cultural capital -- Epilogue -- Author's note.
Subject Children, White -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
White people -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York.
White people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
African American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Hispanic American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Race awareness in children -- New York (State) -- New York.
Social classes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
ISBN 0520215869 cloth alkaline paper
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