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Racial democracy and the black metropolis housing policy in postwar Chicago
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Title
Racial democracy and the black metropolis [electronic resource] : housing policy in postwar Chicago / Preston H. Smith II.
ISBN
9780816637027 (hc alk. paper)
9780816637034 (pb alk. paper)
9780816679478 (e-book)
Published
Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xix, 433 p.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 02, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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