White flight : Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism / Kevin M. Kruse.

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Main Author: Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005], ©2005.
Series:Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations.
African Americans > Segregation > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Conservatism > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
White people > Georgia > Atlanta > Migrations > 20th century.
White people > Georgia > Atlanta > Politics and government > 20th century.
Government, Resistance to > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xiv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "The city too busy to hate": Atlanta and the politics of progress.
  • From radicalism to "respectability": race, residence, and segregationist strategy.
  • From community to individuality: race, residence, and segregationist ideology.
  • The abandonment of public space: desegregation, privatization, and the tax revolt.
  • The "second battle of Atlanta": massive resistance and the divided middle class.
  • The flight for "freedom of association": school desegregation and White withdrawal.
  • Collapse of the coalition: sit-ins and the business rebellion.
  • "The law of the land": federal intervention and the Civil Rights Act.
  • City limits: urban separatism and suburban secession.
  • Epilogue: The legacies of White flight.