Historically Black : Imagining Community in a Black Historic District /

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In Historically Black, Mieka Brand Polanco examines the concept of community in the United States: how communities are experienced and understood, the complex relationship between human beings and their social and physical landscapes-and how the term ""community"" is sometimes co...

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Main Author: Polanco, Mieka Brand (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Community development.
African American neighborhoods.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Quartiers noirs americains > États-Unis.
Community development > United States.
African American neighborhoods > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Historically Black, Mieka Brand Polanco examines the concept of community in the United States: how communities are experienced and understood, the complex relationship between human beings and their social and physical landscapes-and how the term ""community"" is sometimes conjured to feign a cohesiveness that may not actually exist. Drawing on ethnographic and historical materials from Union, Virginia, Historically Black offers a nuanced and sensitive portrait of a federally recognized Historic District under the category ""Ethnic Heritage-Black."". Since Union has been home to a raciall.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780814724743

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