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American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland

Bibliographic Details Author: Robert O. Self Publisher: Princeton University Press Year: 2003 Thesis Statement Robert O. Self argues that the postwar transformation of Oakland, California—from a thriving industrial city with a strong unionized working class to a deindustrialized metropolis fractured … Continue reading →

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