Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Loewen

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

James W. Loewen

562 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The explosive story of racial exclusion in the north, from the American Book Award-winning author of Lies My Teacher Told MeAs American as apple pie:• Most suburbs in the United States were originally sundown towns.• As part of the deepening racis...

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informative 100%
challenging 77%
sad 66%
reflective 33%
emotional 22%
dark 11%
tense 11%

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medium 33%
fast 11%

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