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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
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2158622The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated Americahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/76b0e6cd-14db-3cd1-97d3-73edd46f3a85/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1874229/8321002f-eb0f-4105-a3cb-47a96c73074c.jpg?v=638342104906400000252350MXNLiverightInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong><em>New York Times</em> Bestseller Notable Book of the Year Editors Choice Selection<br />One of Bill Gates Amazing Books of the Year<br />One of <em>Publishers Weekly</em>s 10 Best Books of the Year<br />Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction<br />An NPR Best Book of the Year<br />Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction<br />Gold Winner California Book Award (Nonfiction)<br />Finalist <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Book Prize (History)<br />Finalist Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize</strong></p><p><strong>This powerful and disturbing history exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>).</strong></p><p>Widely heralded as a masterful (<em>Washington Post</em>) and essential (<em>Slate</em>) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothsteins <em>The Color of Law</em> offers the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. A groundbreaking, virtually indispensable study that has already transformed our understanding of twentieth-century urban history (<em>Chicago Daily Observer</em>), <em>The Color of Law</em> forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past.</p>...2070232The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America252350https://www.gandhi.com.mx/76b0e6cd-14db-3cd1-97d3-73edd46f3a85/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1874229/8321002f-eb0f-4105-a3cb-47a96c73074c.jpg?v=638342104906400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179781631492860_W3siaWQiOiI4MWM2MGViMy02MmQ4LTQwM2ItYWYwMS02NWNkMGRlYTQ5NTIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM1OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwMSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNTgsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781631492860_<p><strong><em>New York Times</em> Bestseller Notable Book of the Year Editors Choice Selection<br />One of Bill Gates Amazing Books of the Year<br />One of <em>Publishers Weekly</em>s 10 Best Books of the Year<br />Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction<br />An NPR Best Book of the Year<br />Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction<br />Gold Winner California Book Award (Nonfiction)<br />Finalist <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Book Prize (History)<br />Finalist Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize</strong></p><p><strong>This powerful and disturbing history exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>).</strong></p><p>Widely heralded as a masterful (<em>Washington Post</em>) and essential (<em>Slate</em>) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothsteins <em>The Color of Law</em> offers the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. A groundbreaking, virtually indispensable study that has already transformed our understanding of twentieth-century urban history (<em>Chicago Daily Observer</em>), <em>The Color of Law</em> forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past.</p>...9781631492860_Liverightlibro_electonico_76b0e6cd-14db-3cd1-97d3-73edd46f3a85_9781631492860;9781631492860_9781631492860Richard RothsteinInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/wwnorton-epub-6da8be52-c2e4-440b-8ae7-1e7726995e6d.epub2017-05-02T00:00:00+00:00Liveright