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Elijah Anderson
Elijah Anderson
Books by Elijah Anderson
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
Paperback, 2012
An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the public life of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America.
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
Paperback, 2001
Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
Hardback, 2011
An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the public life of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America.
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
E Book, 2000
Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
E Book, 2011
An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the public life of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America.
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
25th Anniversary Edition, Paperback, 2026
25th Anniversary Edition
“Unsparing and important… An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.” – The Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)