Blockbusting in Baltimore : the Edmondson Village Story.

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This innovative study of racial upheaval and urban transformation in Baltimore, Maryland investigates the impact of ""blockbusting""--A practice in which real estate agents would sell a house on an all-white block to an African American family with the aim of igniting a panic amo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orser, W. Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
Temas:
Demographic transition > Maryland > Baltimore.
African Americans > Housing > Maryland > Baltimore.
African Americans > Segregation > Maryland > Baltimore.
Transition démographique > Maryland > Baltimore.
Noirs américains > Logement > Maryland > Baltimore.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Maryland > Baltimore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
African Americans > Housing
African Americans > Segregation
Demographic transition
Population
Race relations
Edmondson Village (Baltimore, Md.) > Race relations.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations.
Edmondson Village (Baltimore, Md.) > Population.
Baltimore (Md.) > Population.
Maryland > Baltimore
Maryland > Baltimore > Edmondson Village
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Sumario:This innovative study of racial upheaval and urban transformation in Baltimore, Maryland investigates the impact of ""blockbusting""--A practice in which real estate agents would sell a house on an all-white block to an African American family with the aim of igniting a panic among the other residents. These homeowners would often sell at a loss to move away, and the real estate agents would promote the properties at a drastic markup to African American buyers. In this groundbreaking book, W. Edward Orser examines Edmondson Village, a west Baltimore rowhouse community where an especially acut.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813148311
0813148316

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