Places of their own : African American suburbanization in the twentieth century

Places of their own : African American suburbanization in the twentieth century / Andrew Wiese.

Author/creator	Wiese, Andrew (Professor of history)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Description	xi, 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	African Americans--Social conditions --20th century. Suburbanites--United States --History --20th century. Suburbs--United States --History --20th century. African Americans--Economic conditions --20th century. Social classes--United States --History --20th century. United States--Social conditions --20th century. United States--Economic conditions --20th century. United States--Race relations.

Series	Historical studies of urban America Historical studies of urban America. ^A372868
Contents	The outskirts of town : the geography of Black suburbanization before 1940 -- Who set you flowin'?" : the great migration, race, and work in the suburbs -- Places of their own : an African American suburban dream -- Forbidden neighbors : white racism and Black suburbanites, 1940-1960 -- Driving a wedge of opportunity : Black suburbanization in the north and west, 1940-1960 -- The house I live in : race, class, and suburban dreams in the postwar period -- Separate suburbanization in the south, 1940-1960 -- Something old, something new : suburbanization in the civil rights era, 1960-1980 -- The next great migration : African American suburbanization in the 1980s and 1990s.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-373) and index.
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN	2003012588
ISBN	0226896412 (alk. paper)