Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, exposes the secret communities and hotbeds of racial injustice that sprung up throughout the twentieth century unnoticed, forcing us to reexamine race relations in the United States.

In this groundbreaking work, bestselling sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, Loewen uncovers the thousands of â‚¬Å“sundown townsâ‚¬Ââ‚¬"almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks could not live thereâ‚¬"that cropped up throughout the twentieth century, most of them located outside of the South. These towns used everything from legal formalities to violence to create homogenous Caucasian communitiesâ‚¬"and their existence has gone unexamined until now. For the first time, Loewen takes a long, hard look at the history, sociology, and continued existence of these towns, contributing an essential new chapter to the study of American race relations.

Sundown Towns combines personal narrative, history, and analysis to create a readable picture of this previously unknown American institution all written with Loewenâ‚¬s trademark honesty and thoroughness.
Country USA
Brand Touchstone
Manufacturer Touchstone
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2006-10-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780743294485

Country	USA
Brand	Touchstone
Manufacturer	Touchstone
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2006-10-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780743294485

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

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