Race, neighborhoods, and community power : Buffalo politics, 1934-1997 / Neil Kraus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraus, Neil, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Government policy.

African Americans.

Poverty.

Buffalo (N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Buffalo (N.Y.).

Buffalo (N.Y.)--Social policy.

Poverty--New York (State)--Buffalo.

African Americans--Government policy--New York (State)--Buffalo.

New York (State)--Buffalo.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]

Summary:

In this provocative and in-depth history of several decades of recent Buffalo city politics, Neil Kraus examines the local political causes behind geographic concentrations of poverty. Race, Neighborhoods, and Community Power makes the compelling case that policy adopted at the local level has had a significant impact on the development of low-income, segregated urban neighborhoods.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Race, Neighborhoods, and Community Power 1

Chapter 2 Buffalo and Western New York 27

Chapter 3 Race, Neighborhood Composition, and Representation 43

Chapter 4 Race and Public Housing Policy: The Early Years 65

Chapter 5 Urban Renewal and the East Side 85

Chapter 6 Urban Unrest, Suburban Growth, and the Birth of the Contemporary Ghetto 119

Chapter 7 Arthur v. Nyquist and the Emergence of Mayor Griffin 149

Chapter 8 Nostalgia and Confrontation: The Griffin Years 179.

Notes:

Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--State University of New York at Albany, 1994).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286) and index.

ISBN:

079144743X

0791447448

OCLC:

43296770