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Uninvited neighbors : African Americans in Silicon Valley, 1769-1990 / Herbert G. Ruffin II.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruffin, Herbert G., 1969- author.
- Series:
- Race and culture in the American West ; Volume 7.
- Race and culture in the American West ; Volume 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Social conditions.
- African Americans--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Politics and government.
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--History.
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.).
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Race relations--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Uninvited Neighbors is the first book to explore fully the history of African Americans in Santa Clara Valley. Herbert G. Ruffin examines black life and political thought in the valley from its earliest days as part of Spanish California (when the black population approached 25 percent) to the complexities of race relations in the valley's current incarnation as a suburban, tech-oriented business center.
- Contents:
- Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. African Americans in a Frontier Valley, 1769-1941; Chapter 1. Origins of Santa Clara Valley's Black Community, 1769-1900; Chapter 2. African Americans in the Valley of Heart's Delight, 1900-1941; Part 2. African Americans and the Suburban Dream, 1941-1990; Chapter 3. World War II and Postwar Santa Clara County, 1941-1953; Chapter 4. Urban Sustainability and Race in Santa Clara County, 1945-1968
- Chapter 5. Sunnyhills: Race and Working-Class Politics in Santa Clara Valley, 1945-1968Chapter 6. The Santa Clara County Civil Rights Movement, 1949-1966; Chapter 7. The Revolt of the Black Athlete and Its Accomplishments, 1956-1987; Chapter 8. The Third Great Migration: Black Suburbanization in Silicon Valley, 1968-1990; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8061-4582-X
- 0-8061-4583-8
- OCLC:
- 876403776
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