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American Babylon : Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
American Babylon Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland - Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America
Author: Robert O. Self
As the birthplace of the Black Panthers and a nationwide tax revolt, California embodied a crucial motif of the postwar United States: the rise of suburbs and the decline of cities, a process in which black and white histories inextricably joined. American Babylon tells this story through Oakland and its nearby suburbs, tracing both the h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691124865
ISBN-10: 0691124868
Publication Date: 8/8/2005
Pages: 408
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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