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Jefferson Decker

Jefferson Decker is co-editor of A Way Out: America’s Ghettos and the Legacy of Racism (Princeton University Press) and is a doctoral candidate in American history at Columbia University.

Most Recent Articles

  • 09 Sep 04

  • Culture

    The Statistical Christs

    In the decades following the Civil War, the northern half of the United States experienced massive social transformation. more »

  • 24 Nov 03

  • Culture

    Anarchy in the U.S.A.

    On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley visited Buffalo, N.Y., for the Pan-American Exposition, a celebration of the United more »

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