American apartheid
Subtitle: segregation and the making of the underclass
By: Douglas S. Massey, Nancy A. Denton.
Contributors: Denton, Nancy A.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Segregation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Social conditions; Inner cities -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Social policy
Description: This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. American Apartheid shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half of the twentieth century in order to isolate growing urban black populations. It goes on to show that, despite the Fair Housing Act of 1968, segregation is perpetuated today through an interlocking set of individual actions, institutional practices, and governmental policies. In some urban areas the degree of black segregation is so intense and occurs in so many dimensions simultaneously that it amounts to hyper-segregation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: viii; label: 1
title: The Missing Link
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The Construction of the Ghetto
pagenum: 17; label: 3
title: The Persistence of the Ghetto
pagenum: 60; label: 4
title: The Continuing Causes of Segregation
pagenum: 83; label: 5
title: The Creation of Underclass Communities
pagenum: 115; label: 6
title: The Perpetuation of the Underclass
pagenum: 148; label: 7
title: The Failure of Public Policy
pagenum: 186; label: 8
title: The Future of the Ghetto
pagenum: 217; title: Notes
pagenum: 239; title: Index
pagenum: 285