Someone else's house
Tamar Jacoby
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Someone else's house
by Tamar Jacoby
Published
1998
Publisher
Free Press
Pages
613
ISBN-10
0684808781
Description
Thirty-five years after the 1963 March on Washington, blacks and whites are still trying to achieve Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic dream of racial inclusion. In Someone Else's House, Tamar Jacoby asks what happened to the King dream, calling the nation back to its most hopeful and promising ideal of race relations. Moving beyond the stale blame game of left and right, Jacoby uses history to show what's worked and what hasn't. Her story of the unfinished struggle for integration leads through the volatile worlds of New York in the 1960s, the center of liberal idealism about race; Detroit in the 1970s, under the city's first black mayor, Coleman Young; and Atlanta in the 1980s and 1990s, ruled by a coalition of white businessmen and black politicians. Jacoby's conclusions are as straightforward and clear as her history is nuanced. The ideals of the early civil rights movement - integration, forgiveness and a sense of one community based not on color but on shared national purposes - remain the only possible American answer for race relations. But if we can only listen to history, Jacoby tells us, we can still find our way back to that path.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Someone else's house?
This edition of Someone else's house has approximately 613 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Someone else's house?
For most readers, Someone else's house typically takes between 12h 46m and 8h 31m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 153,250 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 10h 13m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 21 days • Estimated word count: 153,250 words
Your individual reading time will vary based on your personal reading pace, the amount of daily reading time, and your familiarity with the subject matter.
What is the word count of Someone else's house?
The estimated word count for Someone else's house is approximately 153,250 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Someone else's house?
Someone else's house was written by Tamar Jacoby.
When was Someone else's house published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 1998. The original work may have been published on a different date.