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Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
by Sugrue, Thomas J. | PB | Acceptable
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- Binding
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812970381
ISBN-13
9780812970388
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71904933
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sweet Land of Liberty : the Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Number of Pages
736 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Political Science, History
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
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Trade
Reviews
"Mention the civil rights movement and Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis spring to mind. Rarely do we recall Boston, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. But there was a civil rights movement in the North, Thomas J. Sugrue reminds us in "Sweet Land of Liberty," and it is impossible to understand race relations today without pondering what we can learn from it. Sugrue's exhaustively researched bookbrings that movement back to life."--New York Times Book Review "The election of Barack Obama... calls into question the rigid dichotomies that have defined the American conflict over inequality. Thomas Sugrue'sevocative and richly documentednew book,Sweet Land of Liberty, is well timed because it addresses the most blinding and fundamental of these dichotomies, that between the southern land of slavery and Jim Crow and the ill-defined rest of the country....The book covers more fresh ground than any history of race has in many years. "--Newsday "With telling detail and crystalline prose, Sugrue has explained the rise, course of, and difficulties inherent in the freedom struggles of black Americans in the North….Every American historian needs to read it, and so do policymakers."--Christianity Today, Book-of-the-Week (11/3/2008) "Groundbreaking…. unparalleledscope and fresh focus."Publishers Weekly(starred review) "Sweeping, well-documentedhistory of the struggle for racial equality above the Mason-Dixon Line."Kirkus "How can an administration elected through an appeal to racial transcendence understand-and combat-the tenacity of racialized injustice? ...Thomas Sugrue's book might bethe timeliest place to start."--New York Observer "The struggle for civil rights in the North, often overshadowed, gets acomprehensivereview...Sugrue's scholarship ismost impressivein his analysis of the social, economic, and political currents that swirled around the activists."--Boston Globe "Sugrue's book is something to be celebrated. We all know the injustice that pervaded the South and the struggles of Civil Rights movement to overcome it. But many of us don't know that many similar obstacles still had to be overcome in the North. Sugrue humanizes the history he tells, using individuals' narratives to remind us of an important truth: "the struggle for racial equality in the North continues."--Harvard Crimson "Sweet Land of Liberty... is to be praised for how it highlights the richness, complexity, and endurance of a long black freedom struggle north of the Mason-Dixon Line. It skillfully guides the reader through many twists and turns over nearly a century of civil rights history.It is a profoundly important bookthat reminds us that the Civil Rights struggle was a national, not simply a regional phenomenon."--ehistory "Historian Thomas J. Sugruewrites incisivelyabout racial discrimination in the North...richly detailed."--Wilson Quarterly "InSweet Land of Liberty, Sugrue suppliesa sweeping and searching re-interpretationof the black freedom struggle north of the Mason-Dixon line from the 1920s to the present." --Tulsa World "Sugrue's chronicle covers a pivotal era in American history in a comprehensive sweep." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Book-Pick-of-the-Week" (11/3/2008) "The most important work of American history published this year."Reli
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
323.1196/073074
Synopsis
Sweet Land of Liberty is Thomas J. Sugrue's epic account of the abiding quest for racial equality in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South. Sugrue's panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present-more than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters, beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history of struggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramatic story of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and the long and tangled histories of integration and black power. Filled with unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and making use of information and accounts both public and private, such as the writings of obscure African American journalists and the records of civil rights and black power groups, Sweet Land of Liberty creates an indelible history., Sweet Land of Liberty is Thomas J. Sugrue's epic account of the abiding quest for racial equality in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South. Sugrue's panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the presentmore than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters, beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history of struggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramatic story of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and the long and tangled histories of integration and black power. Filled with unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and making use of information and accounts both public and private, such as the writings of obscure African American journalists and the records of civil rights and black power groups, Sweet Land of Liberty creates an indelible history.
LC Classification Number
E185.9.S95 2009
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