Freeman, Lance,

A haven and a hell : the ghetto in black America / Lance Freeman. - 318 pages : 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

9780231545570 (electronic)

2018042390


African American neighborhoods--Social conditions.
African American neighborhoods--Economic conditions.
Discrimination in housing--History.--United States


United States--Race relations--History.

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