Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Reports and Documents
Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Places of Their Own
Author: Andrew Wiese
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226896269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
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On Melbenan Drive just west of Atlanta, sunlight falls onto a long row of well-kept lawns. Two dozen homes line the street; behind them wooden decks and living-room windows open onto vast woodland properties. Residents returning from their jobs steer SUVs into long driveways and emerge from their automobiles. They walk to the front doors of their houses past sculptured bushes and flowers in bloom. For most people, this cozy image of suburbia does not immediately evoke images of African Americans. But as this pioneering work demonstrates, the suburbs have provided a home to black residents in increasing numbers for the past hundred years—in the last two decades alone, the numbers have nearly doubled to just under twelve million. Places of Their Own begins a hundred years ago, painting an austere portrait of the conditions that early black residents found in isolated, poor suburbs. Andrew Wiese insists, however, that they moved there by choice, withstanding racism and poverty through efforts to shape the landscape to their own needs. Turning then to the 1950s, Wiese illuminates key differences between black suburbanization in the North and South. He considers how African Americans in the South bargained for separate areas where they could develop their own neighborhoods, while many of their northern counterparts transgressed racial boundaries, settling in historically white communities. Ultimately, Wiese explores how the civil rights movement emboldened black families to purchase homes in the suburbs with increased vigor, and how the passage of civil rights legislation helped pave the way for today's black middle class. Tracing the precise contours of black migration to the suburbs over the course of the whole last century and across the entire United States, Places of Their Own will be a foundational book for anyone interested in the African American experience or the role of race and class in the making of America's suburbs. Winner of the 2005 John G. Cawelti Book Award from the American Culture Association. Winner of the 2005 Award for Best Book in North American Urban History from the Urban History Association.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226896269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
On Melbenan Drive just west of Atlanta, sunlight falls onto a long row of well-kept lawns. Two dozen homes line the street; behind them wooden decks and living-room windows open onto vast woodland properties. Residents returning from their jobs steer SUVs into long driveways and emerge from their automobiles. They walk to the front doors of their houses past sculptured bushes and flowers in bloom. For most people, this cozy image of suburbia does not immediately evoke images of African Americans. But as this pioneering work demonstrates, the suburbs have provided a home to black residents in increasing numbers for the past hundred years—in the last two decades alone, the numbers have nearly doubled to just under twelve million. Places of Their Own begins a hundred years ago, painting an austere portrait of the conditions that early black residents found in isolated, poor suburbs. Andrew Wiese insists, however, that they moved there by choice, withstanding racism and poverty through efforts to shape the landscape to their own needs. Turning then to the 1950s, Wiese illuminates key differences between black suburbanization in the North and South. He considers how African Americans in the South bargained for separate areas where they could develop their own neighborhoods, while many of their northern counterparts transgressed racial boundaries, settling in historically white communities. Ultimately, Wiese explores how the civil rights movement emboldened black families to purchase homes in the suburbs with increased vigor, and how the passage of civil rights legislation helped pave the way for today's black middle class. Tracing the precise contours of black migration to the suburbs over the course of the whole last century and across the entire United States, Places of Their Own will be a foundational book for anyone interested in the African American experience or the role of race and class in the making of America's suburbs. Winner of the 2005 John G. Cawelti Book Award from the American Culture Association. Winner of the 2005 Award for Best Book in North American Urban History from the Urban History Association.
Flood Insurance Study
Author: United States. Federal Insurance Administration
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Category : Flood forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Category : Flood forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1856
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1856
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Federal Register
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
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The Municipal Year Book
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Proudly We Record--
Author: Edwina M. DeWindt
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Category : Wyandotte (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : Wyandotte (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Facts & Data about Wayne County Communities
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Report
Author: Wyandotte (Mich.) Dept. of Municipal Service
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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