Making the Second Ghetto
Subtitle: Race and Housing in Chicago, 19401960 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 22, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780521315067
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; 20th century; History: American; General; History - General History; USA; Housing; History / United States / 20th Century; Discrimination in housing; African Americans; Chicago; History; Housing policy; Illinois
First sentence: The race riot that devastated Chicago following the drowning of Eugene Williams on Sunday, July 27, 1919, was notable for its numerous brutal confrontations between white and black civilians.