White flight : Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism

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The work White flight : Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

White flight : Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism

Title remainder

Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism

Statement of responsibility

Kevin M. Kruse

Creator

• Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972-
• Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972-

Subject

• Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations
• Conservatism -- United States | Georgia | Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Segregation -- Georgia | Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
• Whites -- Georgia | Atlanta -- Migrations -- 20th century
• Whites -- Georgia | Atlanta -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Government, Resistance to -- Georgia | Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
• Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"In this reappraisal of racial politics in modern America, Kevin Kruse explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, White Flight moves past simple stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance. In the end, Kruse finds that segregationist resistance, which failed to stop the civil rights movement, nevertheless managed to preserve the world of segregation and even perfect it in subtler and stronger forms."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

F294.A89

LC item number

A233 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Politics and society in twentieth-century America