The separate city : Black communities in the Urban South, 1940-1968 / Christopher Silver and John V. Moeser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, Christopher, 1951- author.

Moeser, John V., 1942- author.

Series:

Democracy and urban landscapes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Virginia--Richmond--Population.

African Americans--Virginia--Richmond--Politics and government.

African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Population.

African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Politics and government.

African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis--Population.

African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis--Politics and government.

Richmond (Va.)--Race relations.

Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.

Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A ground-breaking collaborative study merging perspectives from history, political science, and urban planning, The Separate City is a trenchant analysis of the development of the African-American community in the urban South. While similar in some respects to the racially defined ghettos of the North, the districts in which southern blacks lived from the pre-World War II era to the mid-1960s differed markedly from those of their northern counterparts. The African- American community in the South was (and to some extent still is) a physically expansive, distinct, and socially heterogeneous zo

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Maps, and Figures; Preface; 1. The Rise of the Separate City; 2. Community Change and Community Leadership; 3. School Desegregation and the Rise of Black Political Independence; 4. Neighborhood Restructuring; 5. Race, Class, and the New Urban Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5625-4

0-8131-3091-3

0-8131-6146-0

OCLC:

624226651