Sundown Towns
A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Format:Hardback
Publisher:The New Press
Published:23rd Aug '18
Should be back in stock very soon
The award-winning look at an ugly aspect of American racism by the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, reissued with a new preface by the author. In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic 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 'sundown towns' - almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks weren't welcome - that cropped up throughout the twentieth century.
Praise for Sundown Towns:
"Powerful and important . . . an instant classic."
—The Washington Post Book World
“Amazing.”
—The Daily Kos
“Methodically upends many of white America's preconceived notions about race.”
—The Chicago Reader
“The first comprehensive history of sundown towns ever written . . . sure to become a landmark in several fields.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Just when you thought you'd learned everything there was to know about the sordid history of racism in the United States and its lingering impact on the nation, along comes this amazing volume, which reminds us all of just how deep the well of racial exclusion and white supremacy runs.”
—Tim Wise, author of White Like Me
ISBN: 9781620974681
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592 pages