An edition of Levittown: two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America's legendary suburb (2009)

Levittown

two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America's legendary suburb

1st U.S. ed.

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An edition of Levittown: two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America's legendary suburb (2009)

Levittown

two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America's legendary suburb

1st U.S. ed.

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Describes how the entrepreneurial Levitt family constructed affordable community homes that were only available to white buyers, recounting how the Wechslers, a white Jewish communist family, secretly arranged for a black family to purchase a house next door, an arrangement that resulted in an explosive response and influential integration practices.

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Walker & Co.
Language
English
Pages
237

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Subjects
Race relations, Civil rights, Segregation, History, African Americans
People
William Levitt (1907-1994)
Places
Pennsylvania, Levittown, Levittown (Pa.)
Times
20th century

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Levittown: two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America's legendary suburb
2009, Walker & Co.
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Levittown
2/3/2009, Walker & Company
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Includes bibliographical references.

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.896/073074821
Library of Congress
F159.L6 K87 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
237

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OL19889782M
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0802716199
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9780802716194
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2008026319
OCLC/WorldCat
232391404
Library Thing
6612430
Goodreads
5149322

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