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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis: Housing Policy in Postwar Chicago |
Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Preston H Smith |
OCLC Number: | 940618283 |
Notes: | Book. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | ContentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1.Black Civic Ideology and Political Economy in Postwar Chicago2.Racial Democracy and the Case for Public Housing3.Black Factions Contesting Public Housing4.Fighting "Negro Clearance": Black Elites and Urban Redevelopment Policy5.From Negro Clearance to Negro Containment: Displacement and Relocation in a Dual Housing Market6.Black Redevelopment and Negro Conservation7.Racial Violence and the Crisis of Black Elite Leadership8.From Restrictive Covenants to Occupancy Standards: Class and Racial Democracy9.Selling the Negro Housing Market10.Self-Help and the Black Real Estate IndustryConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex |
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"Preston H. Smith II's distinction between racial democracy and social democracy not only makes sense of Chicago's housing politics, but reveals the central dynamic of twentieth-century African American politics. Deeply researched, Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis is a model of historical scholarship, accessible to undergraduates and necessary for graduate students." -Judith Stein, City University of New York "Smith adds greatly to our understanding of the forces giving rise to and fueling the racial disparities in mid-20th century US housing policy. While other scholars have addressed this issue by scrutinizing the motives and goals of white policy makers, bankers, and business interests, Smith examines black elite complicity in state sanctioned housing stratification in Chicago and, by extension, the nation. Richly detailed, Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis is a very important piece of scholarship." -Toure F. Reed, author of Renewing Black Intellectual History Read more...

