Read the attached book by Wilson, read chapters 1 thru 5. (Photos are listed 1-36. 1 is first).
Write the following:   
Respond: what is the central argument in the work, When Work Disappears: the World of the New Urban Poor (New York: Vintage Books, 1997). Discuss how the central claim of the work relates to, if at all, the work by DuBois, Drake and Cayton. What do you learn about the research process in terms of the model being used in the class. In other words, do you think that Wilson’s work and the central claim of the work evolves from an analysis of the literature, in particular the works by DuBois and/or Cayton? Provide brief chapter accounts of what chapters 1 thru 5 are about in the Wilson work, making sure that you denote each chapter.