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Book Synopsis
Traces the development of the African American community in Richmond, California, a city on the San Francisco Bay. This book examines the process and effect of migration, the rise of a black urban industrial workforce, and the dynamics of community development.

Trade Review
"A fascinating study... It truly comes alive in its expert use of African American oral histories." - Waldo E. Martin, University of California, Berkeley"

Table of Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

I.
Richmond before the War: A "Slow, Gradual andComforting" Change
2.
Shipyards and Shipbuilders
3.
Boomtown
4.
Demobilization, Rising Expectations, and Postwar Realities
5.
Traditions from Home
6.
Epilogue: Community, Success, and Unfulfilled Promise

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/04/2001
      ISBN13: 9780520229204, 978-0520229204
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Traces the development of the African American community in Richmond, California, a city on the San Francisco Bay. This book examines the process and effect of migration, the rise of a black urban industrial workforce, and the dynamics of community development.

      Trade Review
      "A fascinating study... It truly comes alive in its expert use of African American oral histories." - Waldo E. Martin, University of California, Berkeley"

      Table of Contents
      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
      LIST OF TABLES
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Introduction

      I.
      Richmond before the War: A "Slow, Gradual andComforting" Change
      2.
      Shipyards and Shipbuilders
      3.
      Boomtown
      4.
      Demobilization, Rising Expectations, and Postwar Realities
      5.
      Traditions from Home
      6.
      Epilogue: Community, Success, and Unfulfilled Promise

      NOTES
      BIBLIOGRAPHY
      INDEX

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