A haven and a hell : the ghetto in black America /

The author traces the evolving role of predominantly Black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the early twenty-first century. This book reveals the forces that caused the ghetto's role as haven or hell to wax and wane.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freeman, Lance (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Temas:
African American neighborhoods > Social conditions.
African American neighborhoods > Economic conditions.
Discrimination in housing > United States > History.
Race Relations
Quartiers noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Quartiers noirs américains > Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Discrimination in housing
Race relations
United States > Race relations > History.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The embryonic ghetto
  • The age of the black enclave
  • The federally sanctioned ghetto
  • World War II and the aftermath : the ghetto diverges
  • The ghetto erupts : the 1960s
  • The last decades of the twentieth century
  • The ghetto in the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion: how to have a haven but no hell in the twenty-first century.

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