A World More Concrete
Download or Read eBook A World More Concrete PDF written by N. D. B. Connolly and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : N. D. B. Connolly |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2016-03-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226378428 |
ISBN-13 | : 022637842X |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A World More Concrete by : N. D. B. Connolly
Book excerpt: Connolly argues that Americans, immigrants, and even indigenous people, between the 1890s and the 1960s, made tremendous investments in racial apartheid, largely in an effort to govern growing cities and to unleash the value of land as real estate. Through a focus on South Florida, the book illustrates how entrepreneurs used land and debates over property rights to negotiate the workings of Jim Crow segregation.