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

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:xix, 433 p.
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Table of 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.