In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, Loewen uncovers the thousands of 'sundown towns' - almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks weren't welcome - that cropped up throughout the twentieth century, most of them located outside of the South.

About the Author
James W. Loewen has won the American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, the Spirit of America Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. He is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont and lives in Washington, DC.

Reviews
Praise for Sundown Towns:
"Powerful and important . . . an instant classic."
-The Washington Post Book World

"Amazing."
-The Daily Kos

"Methodically upends many of white America's preconceived notions about race."
-The Chicago Reader

"The first comprehensive history of sundown towns ever written . . . sure to become a landmark in several fields."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Just when you thought you'd learned everything there was to know about the sordid history of racism in the United States and its lingering impact on the nation, along comes this amazing volume, which reminds us all of just how deep the well of racial exclusion and white supremacy runs."
-Tim Wise, author of White Like Me





Book Information
ISBN 9781620974346
Author James W. Loewen
Format Paperback
Page Count 592
Imprint The New Press
Publisher The New Press