Bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me; James W. Loewen; exposes the secret communities and hotbeds of racial injustice that sprung up throughout the twentieth century unnoticed; forcing us to reexamine race relations in the United States.In this groundbreaking work; bestselling sociologist James W. Loewen; author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me; brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative; sweeping analysis of American residential patterns; Loewen uncovers the thousands of “sundown townsâ€â€”almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks could not live there—that cropped up throughout the twentieth century; most of them located outside of the South. These towns used everything from legal formalities to violence to create homogenous Caucasian communities—and their existence has gone unexamined until now. For the first time; Loewen takes a long; hard look at the history; sociology; and continued existence of these towns; contributing an essential new chapter to the study of American race relations.Sundown Towns combines personal narrative; history; and analysis to create a readable picture of this previously unknown American institution all written with Loewen’s trademark honesty and thoroughness.
#723888 in Books Free Press 2006-01-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 1.50 x 9.10 x 6.30l; #File Name: 0743243625352 pages
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Book lacks readable mapsBy John IsnerThe Kindle version of David and Solomon has a fatal flaw: the maps are unreadable. This is the case whether you're reading on a smart phone; a 7" tablet; or even full screen on the desktop version of Kindle. You can't fully understand the theories presented in David and Solomon without maps; and the book is full of them. For just one example; what cities does the Bible associate with King Saul's exploits; and what does this hint about the so-called united monarchy? There's a map of those cities; but you simply can't read it. In view of the inadequacy of the Kindle version; the publisher should provide a web link to a site where full-scale maps can be viewed.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Finkelstein is always worth readingBy Dorothy A. DuplisseyIf you are interested the history behind theses Bible stories; this is a good book to begin with. Too many people truly believe that whatever version of the Bible they are reading has NEVER changed. This is simply not true.Early copies of manuscripts that found their way into this book were copied and recopied--by hand. If you have ever seen a picture of some of the very old text that has been found; you will understand the difficulty in copying. Mistakes were a certainty; and deliberately changing even one word in a sentence can change the meaning. I am not saying this did happen; just that is very likely.When we read more of the history by scholars such as Frankenstein; we can understand more fully just how these Biblical heroes lived. I recommend it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Nice read.By J. W. ZentsWould have liked even more detail; but even without that the book was a delightful read on the current understanding of this period in Biblical history.
