Overview
From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and ""substandard"" conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville's black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were deprived of a voice in government. Vinegar Hill's displaced residents discuss the loss of homes and businesses and the impact of the project on black life in Charlottesville. The interviews raise questions about motivations behind urban renewal. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Full Product Details
Author: James Robert Saunders ,
Renae Nadine Shackelford
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.204kg
ISBN: 9780786425563
ISBN 10: 0786425563
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 27 October 2005
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
“powerful oral history...tells a story far more worthy of the limelight.... This is a story that goes far toward explaining the blighted conditions and hopes in our nation’s so-called inner cities.”—Michigan Today; “former residents tell it like it is regarding the black neighborhood’s history”—Reference & Research Book News.
"""powerful oral history...tells a story far more worthy of the limelight.... This is a story that goes far toward explaining the blighted conditions and hopes in our nation's so-called inner cities.""--Michigan Today; ""former residents tell it like it is regarding the black neighborhood's history""--Reference & Research Book News"
powerful oral history --<i>Michigan Today</i>; former residents tell it like it is regarding the black neighborhood's history --<i>Reference & Research Book News.</i>
powerful oral history <i>Michigan Today</i>; former residents tell it like it is regarding the black neighborhood s history <i>Reference & Research Book News.</i>
powerful oral history --Michigan Today; former residents tell it like it is regarding the black neighborhood's history --Reference & Research Book News.
Author Information
James Robert Saunders is a professor of English at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A native of Charlottesville, Renae Nadine Shackelford is a lecturer in the Department of English at Purdue University.
