Large print book
Sundown towns : a hidden dimension of American racism
Publication Information
New York : The New Press, 2018.
Physical Description
xxii, 568 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
Investigates segregation practices in the northern sections of twentieth-century America revealing how racial exclusion and oppression persisted into the contemporary era, in an account that challenges modern beliefs about race and racism.
Notes
"Originally published in the United States by The New Press, 2005."--Title page verso.
Contents
- Preface to the 2018 edition
- Note to the reader
- Part I:introduction. The importance of sundown towns ; The nadir: incubator of sundown towns
- Part II: the history of sundown towns: The great retreat ; How sundown towns were created ; Sundown suburbs
- Part III: the sociology of sundown towns: Underlying causes ; Catalysts and origin myths ; Hidden in plain view: knowing and not knowing about sundown towns
- Part IV: sundown towns in operation. Enforcement ; Exceptions to the sundown rule
- Part V: Effects of sundown towns. The effect of sundown towns on Whites ; The effect of sundown towns on Blacks ; The effect of sundown towns on the social system
- Part VI: the present and future of sundown towns. Sundown towns today ; The remedy: integrated neighborhoods and towns
- Appendix A: methodological notes on Table 1
- Appendix B: how to confirm sundown towns .