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A good country : my life in twelve towns and the ongoing battle for a white America

2022

Format:	Book
Author:	Ali-Khan, Sofia, author.
Title:	A good country : my life in twelve towns and the ongoing battle for a white America / Sofia Ali-Khan.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Random House, [2022] ©2022
Description:	xvii, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Prologue: American -- Introduction: Extra American -- Yardley, PA "The new world" -- Fallsington, PA "Best interests of the child" -- Levittown, PA "Development" -- Princeton, NJ "Ivy League" -- Sarasota, FL "Free enterprise" -- Leupp, AZ "Manifest Destiny" -- Sioux Falls, SD "Liberty and justice for all" -- Little Rock, AK "Urban renewal" -- Manassas, VA "States' rights" -- Boston, MA "Nation of immigrants" -- Philadelphia, PA "Law and order" -- Chicago, IL "The heartland" -- Conclusion: Home.
LCCN:	2021052971
ISBN:	9780593237038
Other Number:	1333205798
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	980780
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Call Number:	BIO Ali-Khan

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