| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: With Race in Mind -- 1. Social Status and the Control of Urban Space -- 2. Setting Boundaries: The Emergence of Jim Crow, 1900-1920 -- 3. Webwork of Race, Status, and Gender, 1900-1920 -- 4. Racial Geography: Partitioning Kansas City in the 1920s -- 5. Under Quarantine: The Social Meaning of Race in the 1920s -- 6. Magician's Tricks: Black Activism and White Response, 1920-1940 -- 7. "Truth Is Fatal": The Civil Rights Activists, Black and White -- 8. Expedient Fears: Leadership and the Politics of Denial, 1950-1958 |
| Summary |
"A City Divided traces the development of white Kansas Citians' perceptions of race and examines the ways in which those perceptions shaped both the physical landscape of the city and the manner in which Kansas City was policed and governed. Because of rapid changes in land use and difficulties in suppressing crime and vice in Kansas City, the control of urban spaces became an acute concern, particularly for the white middle class, before race became a problematic issue in Kansas City." "These racial perceptions continue to shape race relations in Kansas City and elsewhere. This study demystifies these perceptions by exploring their historical context. While there have been many studies of the emergence of ghettos in northern and border cities, and others of race, gender, segregation, and the origins of white ideologies, A City Divided is the first to address these topics in the context of the dynamic, urban society in the Midwest."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Race relations
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Social conditions
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Rassenbeziehung.
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Geschichte.
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations
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Kansas City (Mo.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Missouri -- Kansas City
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USA.
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Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Kan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826263631 |
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9780826263636 |
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