Racial democracy and the black metropolis
Subtitle: housing policy in postwar Chicago
By: Preston H. Smith II
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816637027; 9780816637034
Subjects: African Americans; Housing; Home ownership; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Black civic ideology and political economy in postwar Chicago; title: Racial democracy and the case for public housing; title: Black factions contesting public housing; title: Fighting "negro clearance" : black elites and urban redevelopment policy; title: From negro clearance to negro containment : displacement and relocation in a dual housing market; title: Black redevelopment and negro conservation; title: Racial violence and the crisis of black elite leadership; title: From restrictive covenants to occupancy standards : class and racial democracy; title: Selling the negro housing market; title: Self-help and the black real estate industry; title: Conclusion; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index.