The Land Was Ours : How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South /
The coasts of today's American South feature luxury condominiums, resorts, and gated communities, yet just a century ago, a surprising amount of beachfront property in the Chesapeake, along the Carolina shores, and around the Gulf of Mexico was owned and populated by African Americans. Blending...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2016.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : bring back my yesterday
- 1. Corporate ventures
- 2. A sanctuary by the sea
- 3. Building black privatopias
- 4. Surviving the summer
- 5. Family ties
- 6. Spinning sand into gold
- 7. The price we pay for progress
- Epilogue.