Racial Beachhead - Diversity and Democracy in a Military Town

Zusatztext "[T]his book provides a much-needed analysis of race relations in a military town and sheds light on how the loss of large military and federal installations impact minority-majority communities. Racial Beachhead is a welcome addition to the growing literature in Urban Studies and provides a rare window into a world often ignored by scholars." Informationen zum Autor Carol Lynn McKibben is Lecturer in History and Co-coordinator of the Public History/Public Service Major at Stanford University. She is currently Public Historian for the City of Seaside, California, and the Director of the Seaside History Project. Klappentext This book reveals how a California city's civil rights struggles and racialized local politics were dramatically affected by the city's relationship with the military, and speaks to debates on American urban development, race relations, and civilian/military relationships throughout the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This book reveals how a California city's civil rights struggles and racialized local politics were dramatically affected by the city's relationship with the military, and speaks to debates on American urban development, race relations, and civilian/military relationships throughout the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: McKibben, Carol McKibben, Carol Lynn McKibben, MCKIBBEN CAROL LYNN
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2011
• EAN: 9780804776998
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7699-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Amerikanische Geschichte, Militärgeschichte, USA Westen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), HISTORY / Military / United States