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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gotham, Kevin Fox.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--Missouri--Kansas City--History--20th century.

Housing.

Kansas City (Mo.)--Economic conditions.

Kansas City (Mo.).

Kansas City (Mo.)--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

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:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: An Introduction""; ""Housing as a System of Social Stratification""; ""Race, Racism, and Racialization""; ""Metropolitan Kansas City: An Overview""; ""Constructing a Segregated Metropolis""; ""2 The Racialization of Space: Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation""; ""The Great Migration and the Rise of the Modern Real Estate Industry""; ""Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Real Estate Industry""; ""The Role of Community Builders""

""The Role of Homeowner Associations""""The Legacy of Racial Restrictive Covenants""; ""3 The Federal Government, Community Builders, and the Development of the Modern Mortgage System""; ""The Housing Act of 1934 and the Creation of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)""; ""Community Builders and the FHA""; ""Racial Conflict and the Defense of Racial Space""; ""4 Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment""; ""A Housing Program for Slum Clearance""; ""Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects""; ""Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment""

""5 Building the Troost Wall: School Segregation, Blockbusting, and the Racial Transitions of the Southeast Area""""Racial Population Change in Southeast Kansas City, 1950�1975""; ""School Segregation and Neighborhood Racial Transition""; ""Blockbusting and Panic Selling""; ""The Role of the Real Estate Board""; ""Reflections and Experiences with Blockbusting""; ""The Legacy of School Desegregation and Blockbusting""; ""6 The Struggle for Fair Housing""; ""Fair Housing and the Conflict over “Rights�""; ""Housing Act of 1968 and the FHA�s Section 235 Program""

""Local Implementation and Segregative Effects""""Neighborhood Response and Disinvestment""; ""Federal Housing Policy Retrenchment in the Post-Civil Rights Era""; ""Fair Housing in Retrospect""; ""Conclusions""; ""Old Customs Die Hard: Racialization of Space and the Global Real Estate Crisis""; ""Race, Housing, and the “New Racism�""; ""Privatism, Real Estate, and the Future of Uneven Development""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438449449

1438449445

OCLC:

869736059