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Liberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. --Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class Gregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. --Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns

Liberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. -- Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class Gregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. -- Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns This deeply-researched and engrossing text invites us to think of the relationship between race, place, and neoliberalism in innovative ways, namely through an examination of African-American suburbanites. In doing so, Smithsimon provides a crucial analysis of the persistent tensions between racial progress and retrenchment. -- Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France African American suburbs are different from African American urban communities and middle-class white communities, often in counterintuitive ways. Liberty Road explains the history, present, and future significance of these differences. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *

Liberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. -- Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class Gregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. -- Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns This deeply-researched and engrossing text invites us to think of the relationship between race, place, and neoliberalism in innovative ways, namely through an examination of African-American suburbanites. In doing so, Smithsimon provides a crucial analysis of the persistent tensions between racial progress and retrenchment. -- Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France

"""Liberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. "" -- Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class ""Gregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. "" -- Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns ""This deeply-researched and engrossing text invites us to think of the relationship between race, place, and neoliberalism in innovative ways, namely through an examination of African-American suburbanites. In doing so, Smithsimon provides a crucial analysis of the persistent tensions between racial progress and retrenchment."" -- Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France ""African American suburbs are different from African American urban communities and middle-class white communities, often in counterintuitive ways. Liberty Road explains the history, present, and future significance of these differences."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"

This deeply-researched and engrossing text invites us to think of the relationship between race, place, and neoliberalism in innovative ways, namely through an examination of African-American suburbanites. In doing so, Smithsimon provides a crucial analysis of the persistent tensions between racial progress and retrenchment.--Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France Liberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. --Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class Gregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. --Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns

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Gregory Smithsimon is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of September 12: Community and Neighborhood Recovery at Ground Zero, The Beach Beneath the Streets: Contesting New York City's Public Spaces, and Cause:…And How It Doesn’t Always Equal Effect.

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