{"product_id":"black-baltimore-a-new-theory-of-community-9781566390378","title":"Black Baltimore: A New Theory of Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough extensive neighborhood interviews and a compelling assessment of the problems of unraveling communities in urban America  Harold McDougall reveals how  in sections of Baltimore  a \"New Community\" is developing. Relying more on vernacular culture  personal networking  and mutual support than on private wealth or public subsidy  the communities of black Baltimore provide an example of self-help and civic action that could and should be occurring in other inner-city areas. In this political history of Old West Baltimore  McDougall describes how \"base communities\"small peer groups that share similar views  circumstances  and objectiveshave helped neighborhoods respond to the failure of both government and the market to create conditions for a decent quality of life for all. Arguing for the primacy of church leadership within the black community  the author describes how these small  flexible groups are creating the foundation of what he calls a New Community  where community-spirited organizers  clergy  public interest advocates  business people  and government workers interact and build relationships through which Baltimores urban agenda is being developed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276920348725,"sku":"ByrdShop_1566390370","price":239.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781566390378.jpg?v=1780566077","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/black-baltimore-a-new-theory-of-community-9781566390378","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}