# Code of the Street

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- Authors: [Elijah Anderson](https://www.bookquiver.com/elijah-anderson)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-08-11
- Genres: Sociology

## Description

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence, but in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. This unwritten set of rules–based largely on an individual's ability to command respect–is a powerful and pervasive form of etiquette, governing the way in which people learn to negotiate public spaces. Elijah Anderson's incisive book delineates the code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, to the stigma of race, to rampant drug use, to alienation and lack of hope.

## Editions

### Code of the Street

- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- ISBN: 978-13-2410-602-9
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2026-08-11
- Language: en_US