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Freedom to discriminate : how realtors conspired to segregate housing and divide America
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Freedom to discriminate : how realtors conspired to segregate housing and divide America / Gene Slater.
ISBN
9781597145435
1597145432
9781597145442
Publication
Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2021]
Physical Description
466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Maps on lining pages.
Summary
"Freedom to Discriminate uncovers realtors' definitive role in segregating America and shaping modern conservative thought"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Slater, Gene, 1949- Freedom to discriminate Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2021]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 11, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Gettysburg 1964
Progressive reformers of real estate
The public power of a private club
It's the restrictions on your neighbors which count
Implementing racial exclusion
Undesirable human elements
Shaping federal housing programs
Reconciling the war against Hitler with a new racial entitlement
Defending racial covenants
Recommitting to segregation after Shelley
Using freedom of association to intensify segregation
The idea of a national conservative party
Struggling for an ideology to defend against fair housing
Creating a standardized ideology of freedom
A constitutional amendment to permanently protect discrimination
Racial moderation to continue segregation
Redefining freedom and America's founding
A battle between two visions of freedom
Reagan and the realtors
Realtor victories against fair housing
To defeat the realtors
An ideology of freedom for a national conservative party
The continuation of residential segregation
A legacy for civil rights
Who is entitled to American freedom.
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