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Author Woldoff, Rachael A. (Rachael Anne), 1973-

Title White flight/black flight [electronic resource] : the dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood / Rachael A. Woldoff.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 252 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States -- Case studies.
African American neighborhoods -- Case studies.
Residential mobility -- United States -- Case studies.
Social change -- United States -- Case studies.
United States -- Race relations -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801449185 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801477287 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801461033 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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