Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Low Wards 1
4. 1. From Bottomlands to Bottom Neighborhoods 11
5. 2. Harlem Flats. New York, New York 31
6. 3. Black Bottom. Nashville, Tennessee 55
7. 4. Swede Hollow. Saint Paul, Minnesota 85
8. 5. The Flats. Los Angeles, California 113
9. 6. Landscapes of Poverty and Power 146
10. Epilogue: Lowland Legacies 172
11. Acknowledgments 175
12. Notes 179
13. Index 211