(Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago

In Boston and Chicago, the second half of the twentieth century was characterized by conflicts opposing African Americans and the descendants of European immigrants of the previous century, around the sharing of territory. This article analyses the relationship of these ethno-racial groups with the...

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Main Author: Ana Artiaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Pluridisciplinaire pour les Etudes sur l'Amérique Latine
Series:L'Ordinaire des Amériques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/orda/9818
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description In Boston and Chicago, the second half of the twentieth century was characterized by conflicts opposing African Americans and the descendants of European immigrants of the previous century, around the sharing of territory. This article analyses the relationship of these ethno-racial groups with the city, parcelled out into neighbourhoods whose borders participated in the definition of identities, sometimes in the same way as ethnicity, race and socio-economic status. The ethnic neighbourhood, populated by the descendants of European Catholic immigrants, could thus be perceived by its inhabitants as a defended territory. Between 1950 and 1980, the battle against racial integration in housing and schools in both cities was thus fought in the name of the defense of informal borders within the city, which contributed to shaping the ways these different actors occupied the urban space.
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spelling doaj.art-43011023eb8d4d4187d48ad7e22c12372024-02-14T14:56:51ZengInstitut Pluridisciplinaire pour les Etudes sur l'Amérique LatineL'Ordinaire des Amériques2273-009523110.4000/orda.9818(Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et ChicagoAna ArtiagaIn Boston and Chicago, the second half of the twentieth century was characterized by conflicts opposing African Americans and the descendants of European immigrants of the previous century, around the sharing of territory. This article analyses the relationship of these ethno-racial groups with the city, parcelled out into neighbourhoods whose borders participated in the definition of identities, sometimes in the same way as ethnicity, race and socio-economic status. The ethnic neighbourhood, populated by the descendants of European Catholic immigrants, could thus be perceived by its inhabitants as a defended territory. Between 1950 and 1980, the battle against racial integration in housing and schools in both cities was thus fought in the name of the defense of informal borders within the city, which contributed to shaping the ways these different actors occupied the urban space.https://journals.openedition.org/orda/9818conflictBostonChicagoethnicneighborhood
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(Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago
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Chicago
ethnic
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title (Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago
title_full (Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago
title_fullStr (Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago
title_full_unstemmed (Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago
title_short (Co)Habiter la ville : les ethniques blancs et les Africains‑Américains à Boston et Chicago
title_sort co habiter la ville les ethniques blancs et les africains americains a boston et chicago
topic conflict
Boston
Chicago
ethnic
neighborhood
url https://journals.openedition.org/orda/9818
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