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The black ghetto is thought of as a place of urban decay and social disarray. Like the historical ghetto of Venice, it is perceived as a space of confinement, one imposed on black America by whites. It is the home of a marginalized underclass and a sign of the depth of American segregation. Yet while black urban neighborhoods have suffered from institutional racism and economic neglect, they have also been places of refuge and community. In A Haven and a Hell, Lance Freeman examines how the ghetto shaped black America and black America shaped the ghetto. Freeman traces the evolving role of…
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2019Columbia University Press · 328 pages · 9780231184601
- Other · English · 2022Haven and a Hell - the Ghetto in Black AmericaColumbia University Press · 9780231184618
- Other · English · 2019Haven and a HellColumbia University Press · 304 pages · 9780231545570
African americans, economic conditionsDiscrimination in housingUnited states, race relationsAfrican American neighborhoodsSocial conditionsEconomic conditionsHistoryUnited States