Reviewed by Anne Soon Choi | Reviews | Journal of American Ethnic History, 28.3

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*Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America*. By Jennifer Lee. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. xii + 270 pp. Tables, notes, appendix, and index. $17.95 (paper).
Sociologist Jennifer Lee challenges the "conflict model" of race relations in the commercial life of black urban neighborhoods among Jews, Korean immigrants, and African Americans by arguing that while conflict does exist between black customers and retailers, it does not provide a complete picture of commercial life in these settings. Lee maintains that conflict in the form of riots, boycotts, and violence is rare. Instead, civility, routine, and mutual interdependence between customers and storeowners are the norm. Thus, she offers an important intervention in light of the ongoing emphasis on black-Korean conflict and on tensions between African Americans and Jews.	1
In the first part of this book, Lee lays out the historical trajectory of minority business ownership in black neighborhoods. She examines in detail how patterns of immigration and the structures of capital—that of Eastern European Jews in the 1920s and Korean immigrants after 1965—have shaped the economic life of black urban neighborhoods. At the same time, she explores the structures of racism and discrimination that have limited the number of African Americans in this economic arena and the struggles of black businesses. While instructive, these issues have been well-documented in sociological literature since the 1960s.	. . .

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