American Millstone, The: An Examination of the Nation's Permanent Underclass

A new class of people has taken root in America's cities, a lost society dwelling in enclaves of despair and chaos that infect and threaten communities at large.
The existence of an underclass in itself is not new in this country. What appears to be different today is the seemingly permanent entrapment of significant numbers of Americans, especially urban blacks, in a world apart at the bottom of society.
The Chicago Tribune spend almost a year researching this critical American problem and reporting on life in underclass ghettos. This book contains The Tribune's highly acclaimed series on the underclass, plus the haunting photos of Ovie Carter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.