Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewThe uncomfortable truths that shaped small communities in the midwest During the Great Migration, Black Americans sought new lives in midwestern small towns only to confront the pervasive efforts of white residents determined to maintain their area’s preferred cultural and racial identity. Jennifer Sdunzik explores this widespread phenomenon by examining how it played out in one midwestern community. Sdunzik merges state and communal histories, interviews and analyses of population data, and spatial and ethnographic materials to create a rich public history that reclaims Black contributions and history. She also explores the conscious and unconscious white actions that all but erased Black Americans--and the terror and exclusion used against them--from the history of many midwestern communities. An innovative challenge to myth and perceived wisdom, The Geography of Hate reveals the socioeconomic, political, and cultural forces that prevailed in midwestern towns and helps explain the systemic racism and endemic nativism that remain entrenched in American life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer SdunzikPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252045424ISBN 10: 0252045424 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 08 January 2024 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: How White Desires Determine the Fate of the Great Migration in America’s Heartland Manifesting White Indiana Crossroads of Desires Erasing Histories: A Black Church and a White Pool Silencing Memories: White Desires and Black Terror When Black Folk Make the Record Conclusion: The Geography of Hate—Mapping Whiteness Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Brief yet weighty, ripening the often-told story of the Great Migration by venturing away from Chicago and big northern cities for the small Indiana villages where many Black Americans attempted to settle in."" --Chicago Tribune" """An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.""--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right" An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory. --David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right Author InformationJennifer Sdunzik is a postdoctoral research associate at the Evaluation and Learning Research Center at Purdue University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
