Sundown Towns
A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | James W. Loewen | ISBN: | 9781620974544 |
| Publisher: | The New Press | Publication: | July 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The New Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | James W. Loewen |
| ISBN: | 9781620974544 |
| Publisher: | The New Press |
| Publication: | July 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The New Press |
| Language: | English |
Sales of S&S paperback edition: The New Press has taken paperback rights back from S&S, who sold over fifteen thousand copies.
New Preface: Updates the conversation in light of the Trump presidency and the re-remembering of slavery and the civil war that the national reckoning with white supremacy has generated.
Renewed relevance: Complements the debate over confederate monuments and Bryan Stevenson’s call for better efforts to memorialize accurately African American history.
Website: Jim Loewen keeps an updated website with an interactive map of Sundown Towns in the United States at sundown.tugaloo.edu.
Awards: Sundown Towns is the recipient of the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award
Sales of S&S paperback edition: The New Press has taken paperback rights back from S&S, who sold over fifteen thousand copies.
New Preface: Updates the conversation in light of the Trump presidency and the re-remembering of slavery and the civil war that the national reckoning with white supremacy has generated.
Renewed relevance: Complements the debate over confederate monuments and Bryan Stevenson’s call for better efforts to memorialize accurately African American history.
Website: Jim Loewen keeps an updated website with an interactive map of Sundown Towns in the United States at sundown.tugaloo.edu.
Awards: Sundown Towns is the recipient of the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award
