Places of their own
Subtitle: African American suburbanization in the twentieth century
By: Andrew Wiese.
Series: Historical studies of urban America
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
Subjects: Suburban African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Suburbanites -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Suburbs -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Social classes -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations
Description: "Tracing the contours of black migration to the suburbs over the course of the whole last century and across the entire United States, Places of Their Own will be a foundational book for anyone interested in the African American experience or the role of race and class in the making of America's suburbs."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-373) and index.
Table of contents: title: The outskirts of town : the geography of Black suburbanization before 1940; title: "Who set you flowin'?" : the great migration, race, and work in the suburbs; title: Places of their own : an African American suburban dream; title: "Forbidden neighbors" : white racism and Black suburbanites, 1940-1960; title: Driving a wedge of opportunity : Black suburbanization in the north and west, 1940-1960; title: "The house I live in" : race, class, and suburban dreams in the postwar period; title: Separate suburbanization in the south, 1940-1960; title: Something old, something new : suburbanization in the civil rights era, 1960-1980; title: The next great migration : African American suburbanization in the 1980s and 1990s.