Wiese, Andrew.

Places of their own African American suburbanization in the twentieth century / [electronic resource] : Andrew Wiese. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. - xi, 411 p. : ill., maps. - Historical studies of urban America . - Historical studies of urban America. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-373) and index.

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.


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Suburban African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Suburbanites--History--United States--20th century.
Suburbs--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
Social classes--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Social conditions--20th century.
United States--Economic conditions--20th century.
United States--Race relations.


Electronic books.

E185.86 / .W436 2004eb

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