Growing Up Jim Crow: How Black And White Southern Children Learned Race
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Book Description
In the segregated South of the early twentieth century, unwritten rules guided every aspect of individual behavior, from how blacks and whites stood, sat, ate, drank, walked, and talked to whether they made eye contact with one another. Jennifer Ritterhouse asks how children learned this racial "etiquette," which was sustained by coercion and the threat of violence. More broadly, she asks how indi... More
Book Information
Publisher | University of North Carolina Press |
Binding | Paperback (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 320 |
ISBN-10 | 0807856843 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0807856840 |
Publication Date | 05/15/2006 |
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