Description
| Product ID: | 9780252045424 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Geography of Hate |
| Subtitle: | The Great Migration through Small-Town America |
| Authors: | Author: Jennifer Sdunzik |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | History of the Americas, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history, Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Human geography, Local history, Social & cultural history, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Human geography, Local history, North Central & Mid-West states |
| Description: | The uncomfortable truths that shaped small communities in the midwest During the Great Migration, Black Americans sought new lives in midwestern small towns only to confront the pervasive efforts of white residents determined to maintain their area’s preferred cultural and racial identity. Jennifer Sdunzik explores this widespread phenomenon by examining how it played out in one midwestern community. Sdunzik merges state and communal histories, interviews and analyses of population data, and spatial and ethnographic materials to create a rich public history that reclaims Black contributions and history. She also explores the conscious and unconscious white actions that all but erased Black Americans--and the terror and exclusion used against them--from the history of many midwestern communities. An innovative challenge to myth and perceived wisdom, The Geography of Hate reveals the socioeconomic, political, and cultural forces that prevailed in midwestern towns and helps explain the systemic racism and endemic nativism that remain entrenched in American life. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-01-08 |
