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Vanishing Eden : White Construction of Memory, Meaning, and Identity in a Racially Changing City /

For many whites, desegregation initially felt like an attack on their community. But how has the process of racial change affected whites understanding of community and race? In Vanishing Eden, Michael Maly and Heather Dalmage provide an intriguing analysis of the experiences and memories of whites...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maly, Michael T., 1968-
Otros Autores: Dalmage, Heather M., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Racial change, neighborhoods, and whiteness
  • Controlling the change: white ethnics, white victims
  • On the borders / (co-authored with Nancy Michaels)
  • The end of an idyllic world
  • Racial ignorance, bounded empathy, and the construction of racial solidarity
  • Conclusion
  • Methodological appendix.