Africville : the life and death of a Canadian Black community / Donald H. Clairmont and Dennis William Magill.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clairmont, Donald H. J.
Other Authors: Magill, Dennis W.
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 1999.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Black people > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions > 20th century.
Relocation (Housing) > Nova Scotia > Halifax.
Urban renewal > Nova Scotia > Halifax.
Africville (Halifax Regional Municipality, N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Halifax (N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Black Canadians > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions.
Black Canadians > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Relocation.
Relogement > Nouvelle-Écosse > Halifax.
Noirs > Nouvelle-Écosse > Halifax > Conditions sociales.
Noirs > Nouvelle-Écosse > Halifax > Relogement.
Africville (Halifax, N.-É.)
Physical Description:xxvi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The relocation phenomenon and the Africville study
  • Black immigration to Nova Scotia and the settlement of Africville
  • Africville's social structure
  • The major institution: the seaview African United Baptist Church
  • Africville as a social problem
  • The relocation decision and liberal welfare rhetoric: 1962-1964
  • Organization and relocation: mechanics and limitations: 1964-1969
  • Relocation and relocatees
  • The implications of Africville relocation
  • Deconstructing Africville: 1999.