Searching for Whitopia
Subtitle: an improbable journey to the heart of white America
By: Rich Benjamin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781401322687
Subjects: Whites -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: An examination of a recent migration of white Americans to small, predominantly white cities describes the author's visits to "whitopias" throughout the country, where he met white citizens from myriad walks of life, learned the causes of the migration, and familiarized himself with each neighborhood's landscapes and social structures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Utah's Dixie; title: The Latino time bomb; title: Golf as it was meant to be; title: Almost heaven; title: Privacy is an attribute of good living; title: The geography of homogeneity: what's race got to do with it?; title: Land of the free, home of the braves; title: Exurb nation; title: Potomac 20854; title: Conclusion: toward the common good.