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Code of the Street
Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
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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...
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25th Anniversary Edition “Unsparing and important… An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.” – The Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)
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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.
Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson is an incisive book that delineates this code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, the stigma of race, rampant drug use, alienation, and lack of hope.
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ISBN: 9781324106029
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 August 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Edition: 25th Anniversary Edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 316g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of Black Studies at Yale University. In recognition of his pioneering research, he was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Prize in the field of Criminology in 2021 and the American Society of Criminology’s Edwin H. Sutherland Award in 2025.
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