Perkiss, Abigail, 1981- author.
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2014.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
• Introduction : civil rights’ stepchild — A home of one’s own : the battle over residential space in twentieth century America — Finding capital in diversity : the creating of racially integrated space — Marketing integration: interracial living in the white imagination — Integration, separation, and the fight for black identity — Well-trained citizens and good neighbors : educating an integrated America — Confrontations in black and white : the crisis of integration — The choice to live differently : reimagining integration at century’s end — Epilogue : intentional wakefulness : West Mount Airy and the legacy of integration.

Subjects:

• Philadelphia (Pa.) — Race relations.
• Civil rights — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 20th century.
• Liberalism — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 20th century.
• Discrimination in housing — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 20th century.
• Mount Airy (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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