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Places of their own : African American suburbanization in the twentieth century /

"Tracing the contours of black migration to the suburbs over the course of the whole last century and across the entire United States, Places of Their Own will be a foundational book for anyone interested in the African American experience or the role of race and class in the making of America&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wiese, Andrew (Professor of history)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Colección:Historical studies of urban America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The outskirts of town : the geography of Black suburbanization before 1940
  • "Who set you flowin'?" : the great migration, race, and work in the suburbs
  • Places of their own : an African American suburban dream
  • "Forbidden neighbors" : white racism and Black suburbanites, 1940-1960
  • Driving a wedge of opportunity : Black suburbanization in the north and west, 1940-1960
  • "The house I live in" : race, class, and suburban dreams in the postwar period
  • Separate suburbanization in the south, 1940-1960
  • Something old, something new : suburbanization in the civil rights era, 1960-1980
  • The next great migration : African American suburbanization in the 1980s and 1990s.