Racial democracy and the black metropolis
Smith, Preston H.
Racial democracy and the black metropolis housing policy in postwar Chicago / [electronic resource] : Preston H. Smith II. - Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2012. - xix, 433 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
African Americans--Housing--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Home ownership--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Electronic books.
HD7288.72.U52 / S65 2012eb
363.5/99607307731109045
Racial democracy and the black metropolis housing policy in postwar Chicago / [electronic resource] : Preston H. Smith II. - Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2012. - xix, 433 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
African Americans--Housing--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Home ownership--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Electronic books.
HD7288.72.U52 / S65 2012eb
363.5/99607307731109045