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The house I live in : race in the American century / Robert J. Norrell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights movements--United States--History.
- Civil rights movements.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--History--1877-1964.
- African Americans--History--1964-.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p.)
- 379 pages illustrations 24cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chronicles American race relations over the last one hundred and fifty years and sheds new light on the ideologies, from white supremacy to black nationalism, that have sculpted the landscape of race since the Civil War.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Moving White Line; 2. The New and Improved Negro; 3. The Syncopated Rhythm; 4. The Four Freedoms and the Four Equalities; 5. The Borrowing Time; 6. The Highway Up from Darkness; 7. The Fear of the Negro; 8. The Zero-Sum Society; 9. The Content of Their Character; Epilogue: The Beginning of the Blend; Notes; A Note on Theory and Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-363) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028185-5
- 1-280-75980-1
- 0-19-802377-4
- 1-4294-2048-0
- OCLC:
- 466428802
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