Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, early printing of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture by Bakari Kitwana. First Paperback Edition stated, 2002 Veritas. Ninth Printing with partial number line.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with three corner creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The Hip Hop Generation is an eloquent testament for black youth culture at the turn of the century. The only in-depth study of the first generation to grow up in post-segregation America, it combines culture and politics into a pivotal work in American studies. Bakari Kitwana, one of black America’s sharpest young critics, offers a sobering look at this generation’s disproportionate social and political troubles, and celebrates the activism and politics that may herald the beginning of a new phase of African-American empowerment.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
