Contrary to William J. Wilson who focuses on industrial changes and its
consequences for urban social structures, Cottingham examines the trajectory of
urban black civil society during its fitful transition out of a politically entrenched
racial/caste regime. In the 1930s, a vigorous, though severely segregated, urban
black society emerged as southern migrants arrived in New Jersey's small
industrial cities. As it was politically constructed, ...
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