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Building the Black City
Joe William Trotter
其他書名
The Transformation of American Life
出版Univ of California Press, 2024-10-29
主題Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / GeneralHistory / Social HistoryHistory / African American & BlackPolitical Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSocial Science / Sociology / Urban
ISBN05203444139780520344419
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=o5UYEQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A new way of seeing Black history—the sweeping story of how American cities as we know them developed from the vision, aspirations, and actions of the Black poor.
 
Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for themselves, even as their unpaid and underpaid labor enriched the nation's economic, political, and cultural elites. Covering an incredible range of cities from the North to the South, the East to the West, Joe William Trotter, Jr., traces the growth of Black cities and political power from the preindustrial era to the present.
 
Trotter defines the Black city as a complicated socioeconomic, spiritual, political, and spatial process, unfolding time and again as Black communities carved out urban space against the violent backdrop of recurring assaults on their civil and human rights—including the right to the city. As we illuminate the destructive depths of racial capitalism and how Black people have shaped American culture, politics, and democracy, Building the Black City reminds us that the case for reparations must also include a profound appreciation for the creativity and productivity of African Americans on their own behalf.

Cities covered: Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Richmond, Birmingham, Durham, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Tulsa, early New York (New Amsterdam), Philadelphia, Boston Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Seattle