Entrée principale:

Smith, Preston H.

Titre et auteur:

Racial democracy and the Black metropolis : housing policy in postwar Chicago / Preston H. Smith II.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2012.

Description:

xix, 433 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Black civic ideology and political economy in postwar Chicago -- Racial democracy and the case for public housing -- Black factions contesting public housing -- Fighting "negro clearance" : black elites and urban redevelopment policy -- From negro clearance to negro containment : displacement and relocation in a dual housing market -- Black redevelopment and negro conservation -- Racial violence and the crisis of black elite leadership -- From restrictive covenants to occupancy standards : class and racial democracy -- Selling the negro housing market -- Self-help and the black real estate industry -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

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ISBN:

9780816637027 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816637024 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816637034 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816637032 (pb ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

African Americans Housing Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
Home ownership Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
Noirs américains Logement Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle.
African Americans Housing.
Home ownership.
Bostadssegregation Förenta staterna.
Illinois Chicago.

Classification/genre:

History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 277734
Cote: BIB 212731
Exemplaire: pbk.
Statut: Disponible