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Places of their own

by Wiese, Andrew.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Historical studies of urban America Published by : University of Chicago Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: xi, 411 p. : ill., maps.
Subject(s): Suburban African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Suburbanites -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | Suburbs -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. | Social classes -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. | United States -- Race relations. | Electronic books.
Year: 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-373) and index.

The outskirts of town : the geography of Black suburbanization before 1940 -- "Who set you flowin'?" : the great migration, race, and work in the suburbs -- Places of their own : an African American suburban dream -- "Forbidden neighbors" : white racism and Black suburbanites, 1940-1960 -- Driving a wedge of opportunity : Black suburbanization in the north and west, 1940-1960 -- "The house I live in" : race, class, and suburban dreams in the postwar period -- Separate suburbanization in the south, 1940-1960 -- Something old, something new : suburbanization in the civil rights era, 1960-1980 -- The next great migration : African American suburbanization in the 1980s and 1990s.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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