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Race, real estate, and uneven development : the Kansas City experience, 1900-2010 /

"Updated second edition examining how the real estate industry and federal housing policy have facilitated the development of racial residential segregation"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gotham, Kevin Fox
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: An Introduction 1
  • Housing as a System of Social Stratification 5
  • Race, Racism, and Racialization 11
  • Metropolitan Kansas City: An Overview 14
  • Constructing a Segregated Metropolis 21
  • 2 The Racialization of Space: Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation 27
  • The Great Migration and the Rise of the Modern Real Estate Industry 34
  • Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Real Estate Industry 38
  • The Role of Community Builders 42
  • The Role of Homeowner Associations 45
  • The Legacy of Racial Restrictive Covenants 49
  • 3 The Federal Government, Community Builders, and the Development of the Modern Mortgage System 51
  • The Housing Act of 1934 and the Creation of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 55
  • Community Builders and the FHA 60
  • Racial Conflict and the Defense of Racial Space 68
  • 4 Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment 75
  • A Housing Program for Slum Clearance 79
  • Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects 83
  • Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment 91
  • 5 Building the Troost Wall: School Segregation, Blockbusting, and the Racial Transitions of the Southeast Area 95
  • Racial Population Change in Southeast Kansas City, 1950-1975 98
  • School Segregation and Neighborhood Racial Transition 104
  • Blockbusting and Panic Selling 108
  • The Role of the Real Estate Board 116
  • Reflections and Experiences with Blockbusting 119
  • The Legacy of School Desegregation and Blockbusting 123
  • 6 The Struggle for Fair Housing 127
  • Fair Housing and the Conflict over "Rights" 130
  • Housing Act of 1968 and the FHA's Section 235 Program 134
  • Local Implementation and Segregative Effects 136
  • Neighborhood Response and Disinvestment 139
  • Federal Housing Policy Retrenchment in the Post-Civil Rights Era 147
  • Fair Housing in Retrospect 148.