| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1 Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: An Introduction 1 -- Housing as a System of Social Stratification 5 -- Race, Racism, and Racialization 11 -- Metropolitan Kansas City: An Overview 14 -- Constructing a Segregated Metropolis 21 -- 2 The Racialization of Space: Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation 27 -- The Great Migration and the Rise of the Modern Real Estate Industry 34 -- Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Real Estate Industry 38 -- The Role of Community Builders 42 -- The Role of Homeowner Associations 45 -- The Legacy of Racial Restrictive Covenants 49 -- 3 The Federal Government, Community Builders, and the Development of the Modern Mortgage System 51 -- The Housing Act of 1934 and the Creation of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 55 -- Community Builders and the FHA 60 -- Racial Conflict and the Defense of Racial Space 68 -- 4 Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment 75 -- A Housing Program for Slum Clearance 79 -- Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects 83 -- Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment 91 -- 5 Building the Troost Wall: School Segregation, Blockbusting, and the Racial Transitions of the Southeast Area 95 -- Racial Population Change in Southeast Kansas City, 1950-1975 98 -- School Segregation and Neighborhood Racial Transition 104 -- Blockbusting and Panic Selling 108 -- The Role of the Real Estate Board 116 -- Reflections and Experiences with Blockbusting 119 -- The Legacy of School Desegregation and Blockbusting 123 -- 6 The Struggle for Fair Housing 127 -- Fair Housing and the Conflict over "Rights" 130 -- Housing Act of 1968 and the FHA's Section 235 Program 134 -- Local Implementation and Segregative Effects 136 -- Neighborhood Response and Disinvestment 139 -- Federal Housing Policy Retrenchment in the Post-Civil Rights Era 147 -- Fair Housing in Retrospect 148 |
| Summary |
"Updated second edition examining how the real estate industry and federal housing policy have facilitated the development of racial residential segregation"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Housing -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Economic history
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Housing
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Race relations
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| SUBJECT |
Kansas City (Mo.) -- Economic conditions
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Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations
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| Subject |
Missouri -- Kansas City
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438449449 |
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1438449445 |
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