American Babylon : race and the struggle for postwar Oakland / Robert O. Self.
2003
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Author
Title
American Babylon : race and the struggle for postwar Oakland / Robert O. Self.
Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]
Copyright
©2003
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 386 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series
Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Formatted Contents Note
Urban and suburban politics and the California dream, 1945-1964
Race, urban transformation, and the struggle against segregation, 1954-1966
Black liberation and suburban revolt, 1964-1978.
Race, urban transformation, and the struggle against segregation, 1954-1966
Black liberation and suburban revolt, 1964-1978.
Summary
This volume demonstrates that the history of civil rights and black liberation politics in California did not follow a southern model, but represented a long-term struggle for economic rights that began in World War II and continued through the rise of the Black Panthers in the late 1960s.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-378) and index.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Location
WWW
Available in Other Form
Print version: Self, Robert O., 1968- American Babylon. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003
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Language
English
Awards
American Political Science Association Ralph J. Bunche Award, 2004.
ISBN
9781400844173 electronic book
1400844177 electronic book
0691070261
9780691070261
0691124868
9780691124865
1400844177 electronic book
0691070261
9780691070261
0691124868
9780691124865
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