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Sundown towns : a hidden dimension of American racism
- Title
- Sundown towns : a hidden dimension of American racism / James W. Loewen.
- Author
- Loewen, James W.
- Publication
- New York : The New Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- xxii, 568 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Investigates segregation practices in the northern sections of twentieth-century America revealing how racial exclusion and oppression persisted into the contemporary era, in an account that challenges modern beliefs about race and racism.
- Subjects
- Discrimination in housing
- Racism
- Suburbs
- City and town life
- Suburban life > United States
- Discrimination in housing > United States
- Racism > United States
- Suburbs > United States
- African Americans > Segregation
- City and town life > United States
- Cities and towns > United States
- Race relations
- United States > History, Local
- United States > Race relations
- Local history
- Genre/Form
- Local history.
- Note
- "Originally published in the United States by The New Press, 2005."--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface to the 2018 edition -- Note to the reader -- Part I:introduction. The importance of sundown towns ; The nadir: incubator of sundown towns -- Part II: the history of sundown towns: The great retreat ; How sundown towns were created ; Sundown suburbs -- Part III: the sociology of sundown towns: Underlying causes ; Catalysts and origin myths ; Hidden in plain view: knowing and not knowing about sundown towns -- Part IV: sundown towns in operation. Enforcement ; Exceptions to the sundown rule -- Part V: Effects of sundown towns. The effect of sundown towns on Whites ; The effect of sundown towns on Blacks ; The effect of sundown towns on the social system -- Part VI: the present and future of sundown towns. Sundown towns today ; The remedy: integrated neighborhoods and towns -- Appendix A: methodological notes on Table 1 -- Appendix B: how to confirm sundown towns .
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-808
- ISBN
- 9781620974346
- 1620974347
- 9781620974681
- 1620974681
- OCLC
- 1029803624
- Author
- Loewen, James W., author.
- Title
- Sundown towns : a hidden dimension of American racism / James W. Loewen.
- Publisher
- New York : The New Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: U. VERMONT. EXAMINES TOWNS BARRING BLACKS & OTHERS AFTER SUNDOWN. REPRINT OF 2005 NEW PREFACE.Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-808