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Book SynopsisThis book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow.
Trade Review"Breaking away from the usual debates concerning post-Civil War America, David E. Goldberg explores race relations on the Jersey Shore in ways that should attract the attention not only of scholars of segregation but also of consumerism, leisure, and African American life in the North. There are good stories here ranging from the founding of Asbury Park to the lives of African American waiters as well as challenging ideas that stretch beyond the old narratives concerning the rise of Jim Crow in Northern states." -- -Paul A. Cimbala Fordham University
Table of ContentsAbstract Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Reconstructing Jim Crow Chapter Two: Occupying Jim Crow Chapter Three: Marketing and Managing Jim Crow Chapter Four: Boycotting Jim Crow Chapter Five: Cleaning Up Jim Crow Conclusion: Bibliography
