Vanishing Eden : white construction of memory, meaning, and identity in a racially changing city / Michael T. Maly and Heather M. Dalmage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maly, Michael T., 1968- author.

Dalmage, Heather M., 1965- author.

Series:

Urban life, landscape, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Ethnic neighborhoods.

History.

Discrimination in housing.

Segregation.

White people.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Race relations.

White people--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Segregation--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Ethnic neighborhoods--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Sociology, Urban--Illinois--Chicago.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages).

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"For many whites, desegregation initially felt like an attack on their community. But how has the process of racial change affected whites' understanding of community and race? In Vanishing Eden, Michael Maly and Heather Dalmage provide an intriguing analysis of the experiences and memories of whites who lived in Chicago neighborhoods experiencing racial change during the 1950s through the 1980s. They pay particular attention to examining how young people made sense of what was occurring, and how this experience impacted their lives. Using a blend of urban studies and whiteness studies, the authors examine how racial solidarity and whiteness were created and maintained--often in subtle and unreflective ways. Vanishing Eden also considers how race is central to the ways social institutions such as housing, education, and employment function. Surveying the shifting social, economic, and racial contexts, the authors explore how race and class at local and national levels shaped the organizing strategies of those whites who chose to stay as racial borders began to change"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Racial change, neighborhoods, and whiteness

Controlling the change: white ethnics, white victims

On the borders / (co-authored with Nancy Michaels)

The end of an idyllic world

Racial ignorance, bounded empathy, and the construction of racial solidarity

Conclusion

Methodological appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Maly, Michael T., 1968- Vanishing Eden

ISBN:

9781439911204

1439911207

OCLC:

927592116

Publisher Number:

10.2307/j.ctvrf88t7

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.