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Freedom to discriminate : how realtors conspired to segregate housing and divide America / Gene Slater.
Lippincott Library HD7288.76.U5 S54 2021
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slater, Gene, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in housing--United States--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in housing.
- Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--United States.
- Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation.
- African Americans--Segregation.
- History.
- African Americans--Housing.
- Real estate business--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Real estate business.
- Real estate agents.
- United States.
- Real estate agents--United States--Attitudes.
- Real estate business--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- African Americans--Housing--Law and legislation.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Real estate agents--Attitudes.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Freedom to Discriminate uncovers realtors' definitive role in segregating America and shaping modern conservative thought"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Limiting Individual Freedom for the Common Good: Early 1900s-Early 1920s
- 1. Progressive Reformers of Real Estate
- 2. The Public Power of a Private Club
- 3. It's the Restrictions on Your Neighbors Which Count
- 4. Implementing Racial Exclusion
- pt. Two Property Values: Early 1920s-Late 1940s
- 5. Undesirable Human Elements
- 6. Shaping Federal Housing Programs
- 7. Reconciling the War against Hitler with a New Racial Entitlement
- pt. Three Freedom of Association: Late 1940s-Late 1950s
- 8. Defending Racial Covenants
- 9. Recommitting to Segregation after Shelley
- 10. Using Freedom of Association to Intensify Segregation
- 11. The Idea of a National Conservative Party
- pt. Four Freedom of Choice: Late 1950s-June 1963
- 12. Struggling for an Ideology to Defend against Fair Housing
- 13. Creating a Standardized Ideology of Freedom
- pt. Five A National Crusade in California: June 1963-November 1964
- 14. A Constitutional Amendment to Permanently Protect Discrimination
- 15. Racial Moderation to Continue Segregation
- 16. Redefining Freedom and America's Founding
- 17. A Battle between Two Visions of Freedom
- pt. Six An Earthquake: 1965-1968
- 18. Reagan and the Realtors
- 19. Realtor Victories against Fair Housing
- 20. To Defeat the Realtors
- 21. An Ideology of Freedom for a National Conservative Party
- pt. Seven American Legacy: 1969-
- 22. The Continuation of Residential Segregation
- 23. A Legacy for Civil Rights
- 24. Who Is Entitled to American Freedom.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining pages.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Slater, Gene, 1949- Freedom to discriminate
- ISBN:
- 9781597145435
- 1597145432
- OCLC:
- 1246675644
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