Texts

 The following texts are required and can be purchased at the Vassar bookstore.

Robert Halpern. 1995. Rebuilding the Inner City. New York: Columbia University Press. [ISBN: 0231081154]

Ernest T. Stringer. 1999. Action Research. 2d ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [ISBN: 0761917136]

Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro. 1997. Black Wealth/White Wealth. New York: Routledge. [ISBN: 0415918472]

Bryan Samuels, Nilofer Ahsan, and Jill Garcia. 1998. Know Your Community. Rev. 2d ed. Chicago: Family Support America. [To order this direct from the publisher, click here.]

Other readings will be handed out in class or can be accessed electronically through the course schedule. It is also recommended that you regularly read a source of local news, such as the Poughkeepsie Journal or Poughkeepsie Beat.

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