| Description |
xi, 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Historical studies of urban America
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Historical studies of urban America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-373) and index. |
| Contents |
The outskirts of town : the geography of Black suburbanization before 1940 -- "Who set you flowin'?" : the great migration, race, and work in the suburbs -- Places of their own : an African American suburban dream -- "Forbidden neighbors" : white racism and Black suburbanites, 1940-1960 -- Driving a wedge of opportunity : Black suburbanization in the north and west, 1940-1960 -- "The house I live in" : race, class, and suburban dreams in the postwar period -- Separate suburbanization in the south, 1940-1960 -- Something old, something new : suburbanization in the civil rights era, 1960-1980 -- The next great migration : African American suburbanization in the 1980s and 1990s. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Suburbanites -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Suburbanites. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Suburbs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Suburbs. |
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African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Social classes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Social classes. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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Economic conditions. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
| ISBN |
0226896412 alkaline paper |
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