9781631494536-1631494538-The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

ISBN-13: 9781631494536
ISBN-10: 1631494538
Edition: Reprint
Author: Richard Rothstein
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Norton
Format: Paperback 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781631494536
ISBN-10: 1631494538
Edition: Reprint
Author: Richard Rothstein
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Norton
Format: Paperback 368 pages

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (ISBN-13: 9781631494536 and ISBN-10: 1631494538), written by authors Richard Rothstein, was published by Norton in 2018. With an overall rating of 5.0 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice Selection
One of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the Year
One of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the Year
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction
Gold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)
Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)
Finalist • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize

This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review).

Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law 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 (Chicago Daily Observer), The Color of Law forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past. 13 illustrations

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Feb 24, 2024

An important and highly original book --- well worth reading and quoting.

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Sep 28, 2022

Great book. Read it for a class on government and the economy. Fairly easy to follow. Also fairly depressing but truly an educational read. Would recommend