White flight/black flight the dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woldoff, Rachael A. (Rachael Anne), 1973-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : what happens to a neighborhood after white flight?
  • The Parkmont environment
  • Choosing Parkmont : whites staying and blacks pioneering
  • Stella Zuk's story : choosing to stay
  • Cross-racial caregiving : pioneers helping stayers to age in place
  • Ken Wilkinson : striving for the next generation
  • Black flight : consequences of neighborhood cultural conflict
  • Billy's narrative : clashing in Parkmont
  • Skipping school : the negative effects of a neighborhood institution
  • Conclusions : understanding the cultural dynamics of neighborhood change.