White flight : Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism / Kevin M. Kruse.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
Series:	Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Subjects:	African Americans > Segregation > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century. Conservatism > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century. Whites > Georgia > Atlanta > Migrations > 20th century. Whites > Georgia > Atlanta > Politics and government > 20th century. Government, Resistance to > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century. Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations. Atlanta (Ga.) > Politics and government > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

"The city too busy to hate": Atlanta and the politics of progress.
From radicalism to "respectability": race, residence, and segregationist strategy.
From community to individuality: race, residence, and segregationist ideology.
The abandonment of public space: desegregation, privatization, and the tax revolt.
The "second battle of Atlanta": massive resistance and the divided middle class.
The flight for "freedom of association": school desegregation and White withdrawal.
Collapse of the coalition: sit-ins and the business rebellion.
"The law of the land": federal intervention and the Civil Rights Act.
City limits: urban separatism and suburban secession.
Epilogue: The legacies of White flight.

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