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Author Gotham, Kevin Fox.

Title Race, real estate, and uneven development : the Kansas City experience, 1900-2010 / Kevin Fox Gotham.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
©2014

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Edition Second edition.
Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 Racialization of Space: Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation 27 -- Great Migration and the Rise of the Modern Real Estate Industry 34 -- Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Real Estate Industry 38 -- Role of Community Builders 42 -- Role of Homeowner Associations 45 -- Legacy of Racial Restrictive Covenants 49 -- 3 Federal Government, Community Builders, and the Development of the Modern Mortgage System 51 -- 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 -- Role of the Real Estate Board 116 -- Reflections and Experiences with Blockbusting 119 -- Legacy of School Desegregation and Blockbusting 123 -- 6 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.
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Subject Kansas City (Mo.) -- Economic conditions.
Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations.
Housing -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century.
Housing.
Missouri -- Kansas City.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Gotham, Kevin Fox. Race, real estate, and uneven development. Second edition 9781438449432 (DLC) 2013003401 (OCoLC)827528649
ISBN 9781438449449 (electronic book)
1438449445 (electronic book)
9781438449432
1438449437
9781438449425
1438449429