East Of Troost
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East Of Troost
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Author : Ellen Barker
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-09-06
East Of Troost written by Ellen Barker and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-06 with Fiction categories.
Under the guise of a starting-over story, this novel deals with subtle racism today, overt racism in the past, and soul-searching about what to do about it in everyday living. East of Troost’s fictional narrator has moved back to her childhood home in a neighborhood that is now mostly Black and vastly changed by an expressway that displaced hundreds of families. It is the area located east of Troost Avenue, an invisible barrier created in the early 1900s to keep the west side of Kansas City white, “safely” cordoned off from the Black families on the east side. When the narrator moves back to her old neighborhood in pursuit of a sense of home, she deals with crime, home repair, and skepticism—what is this middle-aged white woman doing here, living alone? Supported by a wise neighbor, a stalwart dog, and the local hardware store, we see her navigate her adult world while we get glimpses of author Ellen Barker’s real life there as a teenager in the sixties, when white families were fleeing and Black families moving in—and sometimes back out when met with hatred and violence. A regional story with universal themes, East of Troost goes to the basics of human behavior: compassion and cruelty, fear and courage, comedy and drama.
The History Of The Troost Family
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Author : Christina A. Reynen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The History Of The Troost Family written by Christina A. Reynen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
The Breaks
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Author : Ellen Barker
language : en
Publisher: She Writes Press
Release Date : 2025-02-18
The Breaks written by Ellen Barker and has been published by She Writes Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-18 with Fiction categories.
A contemporary literary novel about an unlikely friendship between two very different women, The Breaks will appeal to fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Waking up in the emergency room with a broken arm is not one of the ways Marianne imagined her first date with Carl, if it is a date, ending up. Nor was driving up to the entrance of a women’s prison a few weeks later anywhere on her radar. But here she is. At least I’m on this side of the gate. She picks up newly released Stephanie, as a favor to a nun she barely knows, returns to her East of Troost home, and finds herself immersed in a whole new drama. East of Troost is Marianne’s childhood neighborhood, downtrodden by decades of redlining and a wide swath of destruction to make way for an expressway. Marianne moves back after a reversal of fortune limits her options. She repairs the house and deals with a couple of “incidents”—hence her acquaintance with Officer Carl. Meanwhile, Sister Colette bought the house behind her and is taking in women who, in her words, need to learn to “just live.” As Stephanie helps Marianne cope with her broken arm, she gradually comes out of her shell and teaches Marianne a thing or two about just living.
Some Of My Best Friends Are Black
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Author : Tanner Colby
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-07-05
Some Of My Best Friends Are Black written by Tanner Colby and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-05 with Social Science categories.
An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley Show Frank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, Tanner Colby explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches—the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people—black and white—Colby reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind—and how far all of us have left to go.
Well Intentioned Whiteness
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Author : Chhaya Kolavalli
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2023
Well Intentioned Whiteness written by Chhaya Kolavalli and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Architecture categories.
This book documents how whiteness can take up space in U.S. cities and policies through well-intentioned progressive policy agendas that support green urbanism. Through in-depth ethnographic research in Kansas City, Chhaya Kolavalli explores how urban food projects-central to the city's approach to green urbanism-are conceived and implemented and how they are perceived by residents of "food deserts," those intended to benefit from these projects. Through her analysis, Kolavalli examines the narratives and histories that mostly white local food advocates are guided by and offers an alternative urban history of Kansas City-one that centers the contributions of Black and brown residents to urban prosperity. She also highlights how displacement of communities of color, through green development, has historically been a key urban development strategy in the city. Well-Intentioned Whiteness shows how a myopic focus on green urbanism, as a solution to myriad urban "problems," ends up reinforcing racial inequity and uplifting structural whiteness. In this context, fine-grained analysis of how whiteness takes up space in our cities-even through progressive policy agendas-is more important. Kolavalli examines this process intimately and, in so doing, fleshes out our understanding of how racial inequities can be (re)created by everyday urban actors.
Race Real Estate And Uneven Development Second Edition
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Author : Kevin Fox Gotham
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2014-01-30
Race Real Estate And Uneven Development Second Edition written by Kevin Fox Gotham and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-30 with Social Science categories.
Traditional explanations of metropolitan development and urban racial segregation have emphasized the role of consumer demand and market dynamics. In the first edition of Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development Kevin Fox Gotham reexamined the assumptions behind these explanations and offered a provocative new thesis. Using the Kansas City metropolitan area as a case study, Gotham provided both quantitative and qualitative documentation of the role of the real estate industry and the Federal Housing Administration, demonstrating how these institutions have promulgated racial residential segregation and uneven development. Gotham challenged contemporary explanations while providing fresh insights into the racialization of metropolitan space, the interlocking dimensions of class and race in metropolitan development, and the importance of analyzing housing as a system of social stratification. In this second edition, he includes new material that explains the racially unequal impact of the subprime real estate crisis that began in late 2007, and explains why racial disparities in housing and lending remain despite the passage of fair housing laws and antidiscrimination statutes.
A Splendid Ride
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Author : Monroe Dodd
language : en
Publisher: Kansas City Star Books
Release Date : 2002
A Splendid Ride written by Monroe Dodd and has been published by Kansas City Star Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cable cars (Streetcars) categories.
Illustrated history of Kansas City's streetcar system, beginning with horse drawn cars in 1870. In the 1880s, Kansas City built the country's third-largest cable car system. By the turn of the century, cable and horse cars were rapidly replaced by electric streetcars. The streetcar network grew to more than 300 miles of track, not including interurban lines that stretched in six directions, some more than 40 miles. In the 1930s, competition from automobiles and growing expenses caused the operators to begin converting to buses. Streetcars enjoyed a brief resurgence during and just after World War II, but then were increasingly replaced by gasoline and then diesel buses. Kansas City's last streetcar ran on June 23, 1957.
Proceedings American Philosophical Society Vol 2 No 19
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language : en
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
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Proceedings Of The American Philosophical Society Held At Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge
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Author : American Philosophical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
Proceedings Of The American Philosophical Society Held At Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge written by American Philosophical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with Learned institutions and societies categories.
Bibliographies Of American Naturalists
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Bibliographies Of American Naturalists written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with categories.