Good parents, better homes, and great schools : selling segregation before the New Deal / Karen Benjamin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjamin, Karen, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in housing--Southern States--History--20th century.

Discrimination in housing.

Discrimination in housing--Southern States--History--19th century.

Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--Southern States.

African Americans--Segregation--Southern States.

African Americans.

Segregation in education--Southern States.

Segregation in education.

Parenting--Political aspects--Southern States.

Parenting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2025]

Contents:

Selling segregation

Parenting helps build a foundation for lasting segregation

Affluent parents and the suburban residential park

Residential parks, Jim Crow, and school inequality

Residential parks and the rise of segregation ordinances

Black schools and the rise of segregation ordinances

Black activism and the battle for better schools

The segregation ordinances versus racial zoning

Racial zoning and schools

The best possible environment for the growing child

Child-centered zoning and Euclid

De jure segregation after Euclid

An enduring legacy

Moving forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781469684963 (electronic bk.)

1469684969 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032861940

CIPO000236057

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.