The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America /
The author explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation - that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, this book incontrovertibly makes it clear...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton and Company,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | The author explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation - that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, this book incontrovertibly makes it clear that it was de jure segregation - the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments - that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that have continued into the twenty-first century. -- Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781631492853 1631492853 9781631494536 1631494538 |