The acclaimed author of "The Truly Disadvantaged" now gives readers the most important book on race and poverty that's been written in recent years. In "When Work Disappears", William Julius Wilson looks squarely at the pathologies of our urban ghettos and attributes them to the disappearance of jobs in the wake of a globalized economy. A "New York Time" Notable Book of the Year | When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters