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Author:

Cazenave, Noel A., 1948-

Title:

The urban racial state : managing race relations in American cities / Noel A. Cazenave.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Political aspects--Political aspects--Case studies.
United States--Government policy--Government policy--Case studies.
Urban policy--United States--Case studies.
Metropolitan government--United States--Case studies.
New Haven (Conn.)--History--History--20th century.
New Haven (Conn.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Syracuse (N.Y.)--History--History--20th century.
Syracuse (N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction : the urban racial state : an overview -- Understanding the urban racial state -- Programming race relations through community action -- The civil rights movement, the war on poverty, and conflict over the use of community action to support African American insurgency -- Maximum feasible participation meets Black power and the white backlash : the struggle over community action in Syracuse -- Black rebellion, white repression, and the transformation of community progress, inc. and urban politics in New Haven -- Recent examples of the urban racial state -- Conclusion : summaries of findings, lessons learned for understanding today's urban racial state, and what we still need to know.

Series:

Perspectives on a multiracial America series

ISBN:

1442207779 (electronic)
9781442207776 (electronic)
1442207752 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442207752 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)681481559

LCCN:

2010048172

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)