Colored property : state policy and white racial politics in suburban America / David M.P. Freund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freund, David M. P.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America.

Historical studies of urban America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--United States--Politics and government--20th century.

White people.

White people--United States--Attitudes--History--20th century.

African Americans--Housing--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Discrimination in housing--United States--History--20th century.

Discrimination in housing.

Housing policy--United States--History--20th century.

Housing policy.

Suburban life--United States--History--20th century.

Suburban life.

City and town life--United States--History--20th century.

City and town life.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Northern whites in the post-World War II era began to support the principle of civil rights, so why did many of them continue to oppose racial integration in their communities? Challenging conventional wisdom about the growth, prosperity, and racial exclusivity of American suburbs, David M. P. Freund argues that previous attempts to answer this question have overlooked a change in the racial thinking of whites and the role of suburban politics in effecting this change. In Colored Property, he shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER ONE. The New Politics of Race and Property

CHAPTER TWO. Local Control and the Rights of Property: The Politics of Incorporation, Zoning, and Race before 1940

CHAPTER THREE. Financing Suburban Growth: Federal Policy and the Birth of a Racialized Market for Homes, 1930-1940

CHAPTER FOUR. Putting Private Capital Back to Work: The Logic of Federal Intervention, 1930-1940

CHAPTER FIVE. A Free Market for Housing: Policy, Growth, and Exclusion in Suburbia, 1940-1970

CHAPTER SIX. Defending and Defi ning the New Neighborhood: The Politics of Exclusion in Royal Oak, 1940-1955

CHAPTER SEVEN. Saying Race Out Loud: The Politics of Exclusion in Dearborn, 1940-1955

CHAPTER EIGHT. The National Is Local: Race and Development in an Era of Civil Rights Protest, 1955-1964

CHAPTER NINE. Colored Property and White Backlash

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NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-488) and index.

ISBN:

9786612679056

9781282679054

1282679058

9780226262772

0226262774

OCLC:

648760699