Note to the Reader ix
Part I: Introduction
The Importance of Sundown Towns
3(21)
The Nadir: Incubator of Sundown Towns
24(23)
Part II: The History of Sundown Towns
The Great Retreat
47(43)
How Sundown Towns Were Created
90(26)
Sundown Suburbs
116(21)
Part III: The Sociology of Sundown Towns
Underlying Causes
137(27)
Catalysts and Origin Myths
164(28)
Hidden in Plain View: Knowing and Not Knowing About Sundown Towns
192(35)
Part IV: Sundown Towns in Operation
Enforcement
227(53)
Exceptions to the Sundown Rule
280(19)
Part V: Effects of Sundown Towns
The Effect of Sundown Towns on Whites
299(43)
The Effect of Sundown Towns on Blacks
342(16)
The Effect of Sundown Towns on the Social System
358(21)
Part VI: The Present and Future of Sundown Towns
Sundown Towns Today
379(42)
The Remedy: Integrated Neighborhoods and Towns
421(32)
Appendix: Methodological Notes on Table 1 453(4)
Notes 457(68)
Photography Credits and Permissions 525(2)
Index 527