White flight/black flight
Subtitle: the dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood
By: Rachael A. Woldoff
Series: Cornell paperbacks; Cornell paperbacks
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780801449185; 9780801477287
Subjects: Residential mobility; Ethnic neighborhoods; African American neighborhoods; Race relations; Social change; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : what happens to a neighborhood after white flight?; title: The Parkmont environment; title: Choosing Parkmont : whites staying and blacks pioneering; title: Stella Zuk's story : choosing to stay; title: Cross-racial caregiving : pioneers helping stayers to age in place; title: Ken Wilkinson : striving for the next generation; title: Black flight : consequences of neighborhood cultural conflict; title: Billy's narrative : clashing in Parkmont; title: Skipping school : the negative effects of a neighborhood institution; title: Conclusions : understanding the cultural dynamics of neighborhood change.