{"product_id":"hamilton-park-william-h-wilson-9780801857669","title":"Hamilton Park: A Planned Black Community in Dallas","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld War II brought staggering changes to Dallas, Texas, as the city became a banking, commercial, and transportation center. The growing population strained available housing and put particular pressure on already overcrowded African-American neighborhoods. In \u003ci\u003eHamilton Park\u003c\/i\u003e, William Wilson brings to light the stirring history of how both black and white citizens of Dallas worked together to create a thriving African-American planned community. Through interviews with pioneer residents and development planners coupled with research into the politics and problems they faced, Wilson traces the evolution of Hamilton Park from idealistic plans to true residential community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlacing this movement by Dallas blacks to obtain decent housing into the broader context of rapid postwar growth in the United States, Wilson examines how the assault on housing segregation waged by Dallas's black leadership matched the struggles of African-American leaders throughout the nation. He outlines the dilemma of identifying and procuring a suitable tract of land--one large enough, near African-American employment, and far enough from whites' neighborhoods that the development would not be opposed. He also examines individual struggles, from procuring utilities in the new neighborhood to arranging financing for new home buyers to choosing street names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond these practical issues faced by early planners and pioneer residents, Wilson meticulously describes and evaluates the evolution of the community of Hamilton Park. He looks at the roles that neighborhood covenants--and residents' challenges to them--as well as civic organizations, garden clubs, public schools, and churches played in defining and redefining a dominant culture in Hamilton Park. His short biographical sketches of residents and of white elites add a compelling personal narrative to traditional landscape history and the history of planning. \u003ci\u003eHamilton Park\u003c\/i\u003e will interest scholars of Texas history, urban studies, environmental studies, American studies, African-American studies, and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William H. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080185766X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801857669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.32w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 1778","brand":"William H. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072782332159,"sku":"9780801857669","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a55a9c1-a52c-47a4-9171-04226bead3d6.jpg?v=1685443928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hamilton-park-william-h-wilson-9780801857669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}