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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maly, Michael T., 1968-
Other Authors: Dalmage, Heather M., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Whites.
Sociology, Urban.
Segregation.
Race relations.
Ethnic neighborhoods.
Discrimination in housing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Sociology, Urban > Illinois > Chicago.
Ethnic neighborhoods > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in housing > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Segregation > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Whites > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
United States.
Illinois > Chicago.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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