Reviews the work of American urban historians, noting that historians lagged far behind other disciplines in discovering the significance of industrialization and suburbanization on the American character. Contains an extensive bibliography of the literature in this field. (JDH)

Examines the role of Black real estate brokers and financiers in shaping Black residential patterns in the Atlanta area. Argues that Black expansion into formerly White neighborhoods has not contributed significantly to racial school mixing and that the development of an integrated busing system is needed. (KH)

The history of European immigration to the United States and the roles that white ethnic groups have played in American industrialization, urbanization, and suburbanization are discussed in this paper. Focused on is the process by which major American cities grew and changed in terms of their ethnic composition. Fluctuations in the national…

Kingston, capital of Jamaica, has been molded by three institutions: colonialism, the sugar plantation, and slavery. It has an enormous marginal population living in permanent poverty and not absorbable into the labor force. This marginality, fundamentally related to dependent capitalism, sustains itself by keeping wages low. (CS)

Examines the relationship between industrialization and the exclusion of southern Blacks from cities and occupations between 1865 and 1910, the era social historians call the "New South." The interaction of such factors as percentage of Blacks, percentage of Whites, and White racism forced Blacks to participate in a secondary labor…

This text presents the results of a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the development and activities of the Six School Complex, a group of schools in Northwest Washington, D.C. The Complex was organized in 1975 to cope with population shifts by increasing the number of neighborhood children attending public schools, to broaden and improve the…

The 60-year effort to desegregate Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) public schools has not succeeded. Despite a 1977 State court order to desegregate and the implementation of the Modified School Desegregation Plan, Black and minority group students still encounter discrimination, unfairness, and abuse in Philadelphia schools, and the Plan's promises…

A healthy economy is the best offense against poverty, but economic growth alone cannot close the wide gap between the poverty rates of minorities and whites. This collection examines the socioeconomic status of racial and ethnic minorities, their experiences with poverty, and the effects of federal social policies toward minority groups from 1787…