A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America

Name: A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America
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ISBN: 9780231184601

ISBN-10: 0231184603

ISBN-13: 9780231184601

Edition: 2019

Authors: Lance Freeman

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The black ghetto is thought of as a place of urban decay and social disarray. Like the historical ghetto of Venice, it is perceived as a space of confinement, one imposed on black America by whites. It is the home of a marginalized underclass and a sign of the depth of American segregation. Yet while black urban neighborhoods have suffered from institutional racism and economic neglect, they have also been places of refuge and community. In A Haven and a Hell, Lance Freeman examines how the ghetto shaped black America and black America shaped the ghetto. Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2019
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English