American Babylon by Robert O Self

American Babylon by Robert O Self

Traces both the history of civil rights and black power politics as well as the history of suburbanization and home-owner politics. This work shows that racial inequities in both New Deal and Great Society liberalism precipitated local struggles over land, jobs, taxes, and race within postwar metropolitan development.

Winner of the 2005 James ARawley Prize, Organization of American Historians Winner of the 2005 Best Book in Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Association Winner of the 2004 Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 2004 Best Book in North American Urban History, Urban History Association "[A]n original and complex explanation for the urban crisis that transformed Oakland, California, from 1945 to 1978... By placing the history of Oakland and its African American community in a new theoretical framework that emphasizes suburban growth, tax revolts, and battles over land, jobs, and political power, Self has challenged historians to reconsider the way that they study postwar black urban communities."--Albert S. Broussard, Journal of American History "[M]eticulously researched... [A] compelling, complex, and original account of black and, to a lesser extent, white community politics in metropolitan Oakland California from 1945 to 1978."--Cynthia Horan, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science "By placing the history of Oakland and its African American community in a new theoretical framework that emphasizes suburban growth, tax revolts, and battles over land, jobs, and political power, Self has challenged historians to reconsider the way that they study postwar black urban communities."--Albert S. Broussard, Journal of American History "If you are concerned with the postwar city, race, economics, and politics, get this book and read it."--Kenneth Durr, American Historical Review

Robert O. Self is Assistant Professor of History at Brown University.

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ISBN 13	9780691124865
ISBN 10	0691124868
Title	American Babylon
Author	Robert O Self
Series	Politics And Society In Modern America
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2005-08-28
Number of pages	408
Prizes	Winner of American Historical Association James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History 2005, Winner of Ralph J Bunche Award 2004
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