Stigma Cities: The Reputation and History of Birmingham, San Francisco, and Las Vegas

by Jonathan Foster

Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that he loved, Jonathan Foster was forced to come to grips with its reputation for racial violence. In so doing, he began to question how other cities dealt with similar kinds of stigmas that resulted from behavior and events that fell outside accepted norms. He wanted to know how such stigmas changed over time and how they affected a city's reputation and residents. Those questions led to this examination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806160713
• ISBN13: 9780806160719
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"