Race to the Frontier : "White Flight" and Western Expansion
Race relations were an important driving force in the move to settle the West, as the political records and personal accounts show. Race to the Frontier provides an analysis of this little-discussed but essential facet of American history. Why did so many
History
1 online resource (350 pages)
9780875864242, 9781281395580, 9786611395582, 9780875864235, 0875864244, 1281395587, 661139558X, 0875864236
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Race to the Frontier:; "White Flight"; and Westward Expansion; Race to the Frontier:; "White Flight"; and Westward Expansion; John V.H. Dippel; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. White Negroes in the Tidewater; II. Running for the Virginia Hills; III. Bluegrass, Black Dominance; IV. White Flight Across the Ohio; V. Holding the Color Line in the Old Northwest; VI. Racial Strife Crosses the Mississippi; VII. The Politics of Exclusion; VIII. Manifest Necessity; Epilogue; Selected Bibliography; Index
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