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A good country : my life in twelve towns and the devastating battle for a white America
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- Summary
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"A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she's called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation"--
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- Creator
- Sofia Ali-Khan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edtion
- New York : Random House, [2022]
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 409 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780593237038, 059323703X, 9780593237045, 9780593237045
- OCLC
- on1333205798
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) index.
- Prologue: American -- Introduction: Extra American -- One nation under God: Yardley, Pennsylvania -- Liberty and justice for all: Fallsington, Pennsylvania -- Development: Levittown, Pennsylvania -- Ivy League: Princeton, New Jersey -- Free enterprise: Sarasota, Florida -- Manifest destiny: Leupp, Arizona -- Best interests of the child: Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- Urban renewal: Little Rock, Arkansas -- States' rights: Charlottesville, Virginia -- Nation of Immigrants: Boston, Massachusetts -- Law and order: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- The heartland: Chicago, Illinois -- Conclusion: Home
Subjects
- Ali-Khan, Sofia -- Homes and haunts.
- Pakistani American women -- Biography.
- Muslim women -- United States -- Biography.
- Cause lawyers -- Biography.
- Forced migration -- United States -- History.
- Minorities -- Relocation -- United States -- History.
- Racism -- United States -- History.
- White supremacy movements -- United States -- History.
- United States -- Race relations -- History.