Searching for Whitopia : an improbable journey to the heart of white America / Rich Benjamin.
By: Benjamin, Rich (Richard M.)
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TextPublisher: New York : Hyperion, c2009Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: viii, 354 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781401322687; 1401322689.Subject(s): Whites -- United States | United States -- Race relationsDDC classification: 305.800973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 305.800973 B438 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003135233 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Utah's Dixie -- The Latino time bomb -- Golf as it was meant to be -- Almost heaven -- Privacy is an attribute of good living -- The geography of homogeneity: what's race got to do with it? -- Land of the free, home of the braves -- Exurb nation -- Potomac 20854 -- Conclusion: toward the common good.
An examination of a recent migration of white Americans to small, predominantly white cities describes the author's visits to "whitopias" throughout the country, where he met white citizens from myriad walks of life, learned the causes of the migration, and familiarized himself with each neighborhood's landscapes and social structures.
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