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Segregation - A Global History of Divided Cities (Paperback)
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Segregation - A Global History of Divided Cities (Paperback)
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America
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When we think of segregation, what often comes to mind is apartheid
South Africa, or the American South in the age of Jim Crow--two
societies fundamentally premised on the concept of the separation
of the races. But as Carl H. Nightingale shows us in this
magisterial history, segregation is everywhere, deforming cities
and societies worldwide. Starting with segregation's ancient roots,
and what the archaeological evidence reveals about humanity's
long-standing use of urban divisions to reinforce political and
economic inequality, Nightingale then moves to the world of
European colonialism. It was there, he shows, segregation based on
color--and eventually on race--took hold; the British East India
Company, for example, split Calcutta into "White Town" and "Black
Town." As we follow Nightingale's story around the globe, we see
that division replicated from Hong Kong to Nairobi, Baltimore to
San Francisco, and more. The turn of the twentieth century saw the
most aggressive segregation movements yet, as white communities
almost everywhere set to rearranging whole cities along racial
lines. Nightingale focuses closely on two striking examples:
Johannesburg, with its state-sponsored separation, and Chicago, in
which the goal of segregation was advanced by the more subtle
methods of real estate markets and housing policy. For the first
time ever, the majority of humans live in cities, and nearly all
those cities bear the scars of segregation. This unprecedented,
ambitious history lays bare our troubled past, and sets us on the
path to imagining the better, more equal cities of the future.
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