ISBN:
978-0-7432-9448-5
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 562 S. :
,
Ill., Kt.
Edition:
1. Touchstone ed.
Series Statement:
〈〈A〉〉 Touchstone book
DDC:
363.5/1/0973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1890-2005
;
Banlieues - États-Unis
;
Discrimination dans le logement - États-Unis
;
Noirs américains - Ségrégation
;
Petites villes - États-Unis
;
Racisme - États-Unis
;
Vie de la banlieue - États-Unis
;
Vie urbaine - États-Unis
;
Schwarze. USA
;
Stadt
;
African Americans Segregation
;
Cities and towns
;
Suburbs
;
City and town life
;
Suburban life
;
Discrimination in housing
;
Racism
;
Schwarze.
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Stadtbevölkerung.
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Rassendiskriminierung.
;
Vorstadt.
;
États-Unis - Histoire locale
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États-Unis - Relations raciales
;
USA
;
United States History, Local
;
United States Race relations
;
USA.
;
Schwarze
;
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Rassendiskriminierung
;
Vorstadt
;
Geschichte 1890-2005
Abstract:
Loewen (emeritus, sociology, U. of Vermont) exposes the history and persistence of "sundown towns," so-named for the signs often found at their corporate limits warning African Americans and other minorities not to be found in the town after dusk. He historically situates the rise of the sundown town movement in the years following the Civil War; describes the mechanisms of violence, threats, law, and policy that were used to force minorities out of Northern and Western towns into the big cities; and charts the continued existence of such communities. In considering the sociology of sundown towns he investigates the causes that underlie the existence of sundown towns and discusses why the phenomena has remained largely hidden. The social costs of sundown towns on whites, blacks, and the social system are then detailed and recommendations for fixing this blight on the body politic are proffered
Abstract:
Includes information on Anna, (Illinois), anti Semitism, Appalachian region, Appleton (Wisconsin), Arkansas, Asian Americans, Atlanta (Georgia), Berwyn (Illinois), Beverly Hills (California), black Americans, Boley (Oklahoma), Brown v. Board of Education, George W. Bush, Buchanan v
Abstract:
Warley, Cairo (Illinois), California, Chicago (Illinois), Chinese Americans, Cicero (Illinois), Corbin (Kentucky), Cullman (Alabama), Darien (Connecticut), Dearborn (Michigan), Democratic Party, Detroit (Michigan), Du Quoin (Illinois), economic factors, Edina (Minnesota), educational aspects, Effingham (Illinois), employment, Florida, Fond du Lac (Wisconsin), Forsyth County (Georgia), Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, Gainesville (Florida), Glendale (California), Granite City (Illinois), Great Migration, Great Retreat, Greenwich (Connecticut), Grosse Pointe (Michigan), Harrison (Arkansas), Highland Park (Texas), Idaho, Illinois, immigration, Indiana, Jews, Jonesboro (Illinois), Kenilworth (Illinois), Ku Klux Klan, legal aspects, Long Island (New York), Los Angeles (California), lynchings, Martinsville (Indiana), Medford (Oregon), Mississippi, Missouri, Native Americans, New York, Norman (Oklahoma), Oak Park (Illinois), Ohio, Ocoee (Florida), Orlando (Florida), Owosso (Michigan
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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