An edition of American apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass (1993)

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An edition of American apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass (1993)

American apartheid

segregation and the making of the underclass

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Traces the development and consequences of white society's attempts to segregate and isolate blacks as they migrated from the South to other parts of America during the 20th century.

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Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
292

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History, Inner cities, Race relations, Social policy, Race discrimination, Segregation, Social conditions, African Americans, Afro-Americans, Getto's, Rassendiscriminatie, Rassismus, Schwarze, Armut, Blacks, Rassentrennung, Segregatie, Negers, United states, race relations, United states, social policy, African americans, social conditions, History, american, Prejudice, Public Policy, Urban Population

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20th century
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American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
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American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
1998, Harvard University Press
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American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
July 15, 1998, Harvard University Press
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American Apartheid
May 31, 1995, Descartes & Cie, DESCARTES ET CI
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American apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass
1994, Harvard UP
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American apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass
1994, Harvard University Press
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American apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass
1993, Harvard University Press
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Table of Contents

Preface
Page viii
1. The Missing Link
Page 1
2. The Construction of the Ghetto
Page 17
3. The Persistence of the Ghetto
Page 60
4. The Continuing Causes of Segregation
Page 83
5. The Creation of Underclass Communities
Page 115
6. The Perpetuation of the Underclass
Page 148
7. The Failure of Public Policy
Page 186
8. The Future of the Ghetto
Page 217
Notes
Page 239
Index
Page 285

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-284) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.8/00973
Library of Congress
E185.61 .M373 1993, E185.61.M373 1993

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Hardcover
Pagination
x, 292 p. :
Number of pages
292

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1711871M
ISBN 10
0674018206
LCCN
92013889
OCLC/WorldCat
27735568
Library Thing
322953
Goodreads
2617420

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OL4286645W

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