02111nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10555664 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 111109s2012 mnu sb 001 0 eng d 2011044239 9780816637027 (hc alk. paper) 9780816637034 (pb alk. paper) 9780816679478 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)794492273 n-us-il HD7288.72.U52 S65 2012eb 363.5/99607307731109045 23 Smith, Preston H. Racial democracy and the black metropolis [electronic resource] : housing policy in postwar Chicago / 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 Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Home ownership Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555664 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89206 89206