Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North

by John T. McGreevy

Book Overview

Parish Boundaries chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in major cities such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia, melding their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of twentieth century American race relations. In vivid portraits of parish life, John McGreevy examines the contacts and conflicts between Euro-American Catholics and their African-American neighbors. By tracing the transformation of a church,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226558738
• ISBN13: 9780226558738
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"