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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Kahrl, Andrew W., 1978- Land was ours. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011029761 (OCoLC)743432403 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew W Kahrl |
ISBN: | 9780674069459 0674069455 9780674065239 0674065239 |
OCLC Number: | 794004237 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents: | Introduction : "Bring back my yesterday" -- Corporate ventures -- A sanctuary by the sea -- Building Black privatopias -- Surviving the summer -- Family ties -- Spinning sand into gold -- The price we pay for progress -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Andrew W. Kahrl. |
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Abstract:
A century ago a surprising amount of southern beachfront property was owned and populated by African Americans. In a path-breaking combination of social and environmental history, Kahrl shows how the rise and fall of Jim Crow and the growing prosperity of the Sunbelt have transformed both communities and ecosystems along the southern coastline.
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This account of African-American beaches will keep you turning the pages until it is done. -- Janice Hayes-Williams Capital Gazette 20120731
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- Land tenure -- Social aspects.
- Real estate development.
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- Southern States.