White flight/black flight

Woldoff, Rachael A. 1973-

White flight/black flight the dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood / [electronic resource] : Rachael A. Woldoff. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011. - x, 252 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what happens to a neighborhood after white flight? -- The Parkmont environment -- Choosing Parkmont : whites staying and blacks pioneering -- Stella Zuk's story : choosing to stay -- Cross-racial caregiving : pioneers helping stayers to age in place -- Ken Wilkinson : striving for the next generation -- Black flight : consequences of neighborhood cultural conflict -- Billy's narrative : clashing in Parkmont -- Skipping school : the negative effects of a neighborhood institution -- Conclusions : understanding the cultural dynamics of neighborhood change.


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Ethnic neighborhoods--United States--Case studies.
African American neighborhoods--Case studies.
Residential mobility--United States--Case studies.
Social change--United States--Case studies.


United States--Race relations--Case studies.


Electronic books.

HT221 / .W65 2011eb

307.3/362