A haven and a hell : the ghetto in black America /
Freeman, Lance,
A haven and a hell : the ghetto in black America / Lance Freeman. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
The embryonic ghetto -- The age of the black enclave -- The federally sanctioned ghetto -- World War II and the aftermath : the ghetto diverges -- The ghetto erupts : the 1960s -- The last decades of the twentieth century -- The ghetto in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: how to have a haven but no hell in the twenty-first century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Lance Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the present day. He reveals the forces that caused the ghetto's role as haven or hell to wax and wane.
9780231184601
2018042390
African American neighborhoods--Social conditions.
African American neighborhoods--Economic conditions.
Discrimination in housing--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
E185 / .H384 2019
A haven and a hell : the ghetto in black America / Lance Freeman. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
The embryonic ghetto -- The age of the black enclave -- The federally sanctioned ghetto -- World War II and the aftermath : the ghetto diverges -- The ghetto erupts : the 1960s -- The last decades of the twentieth century -- The ghetto in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: how to have a haven but no hell in the twenty-first century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Lance Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the present day. He reveals the forces that caused the ghetto's role as haven or hell to wax and wane.
9780231184601
2018042390
African American neighborhoods--Social conditions.
African American neighborhoods--Economic conditions.
Discrimination in housing--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
E185 / .H384 2019