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Sundown Towns - A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

English · Hardback

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Zusatztext Praise for Sundown Towns : “Powerful and important . . . an instant classic.” — The Washington Post Book World ?Amazing.” ? The Daily Kos ?Methodically upends many of white America’s preconceived notions about race.” ? The Chicago Reader ?The first comprehensive history of sundown towns ever written . . . sure to become a landmark in several fields.” ? Publishers Weekly (starred review) ?Just when you thought you’d learned everything there was to know about the sordid history of racism in the United States and its lingering impact on the nation! along comes this amazing volume! which reminds us all of just how deep the well of racial exclusion and white supremacy runs.” ? Tim Wise! author of White Like Me Informationen zum Autor James W. Loewen  has won the American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, the Spirit of America Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. He is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont and lives in Washington, DC. Klappentext "Originally published in the United States by The New Press, 2005."--Title page verso. Zusammenfassung A timely expose on a hidden undercurrent of racial tension in the US: 'Sundown Towns' where the residents are almost exclusively white.

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