White flight/black flight: the dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood

Introduction : what happens to a neighborhood after white flight? -- The Parkmont environment -- Choosing Parkmont : whites staying and blacks pioneering -- Stella Zuk's story : choosing to stay -- Cross-racial caregiving : pioneers helping stayers to age in place -- Ken Wilkinson : striving fo...

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Main Author: Woldoff, Rachael 1973- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [u.a.] Cornell University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 5049
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Keywords:
Ethnic neighborhoods > United States > Case studies
African American neighborhoods > United States > Case studies
Residential Mobility > United States > Case studies
Social Change > United States > Case studies
Usa
Stadtteil
Weiße
Schwarze
Rassenbeziehung
Sozialer Wandel
United States > Race relations > Case studies
Residential mobility > United States > Case studies
Social change > United States > Case studies
USA > Stadtviertel > Weiße > Schwarze > Ethnische Beziehungen > Sozialer Wandel
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Summary:Introduction : what happens to a neighborhood after white flight? -- The Parkmont environment -- Choosing Parkmont : whites staying and blacks pioneering -- Stella Zuk's story : choosing to stay -- Cross-racial caregiving : pioneers helping stayers to age in place -- Ken Wilkinson : striving for the next generation -- Black flight : consequences of neighborhood cultural conflict -- Billy's narrative : clashing in Parkmont -- Skipping school : the negative effects of a neighborhood institution -- Conclusions : understanding the cultural dynamics of neighborhood change
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:X, 252 S graph. Darst 25 cm
ISBN:0801449189
9780801449185
9780801477287
080147728X