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Colored property : state policy and white racial politics in suburban America /

Northern whites in the post-World War II era began to support the principle of civil rights, so why did many of them continue to oppose racial integration in their communities? Challenging conventional wisdom about the growth, prosperity, and racial exclusivity of American suburbs, David M.P. Freund...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freund, David M. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Colección:Historical studies of urban America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Northern whites in the post-World War II era began to support the principle of civil rights, so why did many of them continue to oppose racial integration in their communities? Challenging conventional wisdom about the growth, prosperity, and racial exclusivity of American suburbs, David M.P. Freund argues that previous attempts to answer this question have overlooked a change in the racial thinking of whites and the role of suburban politics in effecting this change. In Colored Property, he shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of residential exclu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 514 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-488) and index.
ISBN:9780226262772
0226262774
1282679058
9781282679054
9786612679056
6612679050