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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraus, Neil, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

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

Buffalo (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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. By examining the policy areas of urban housing, urban renewal, education, fair housing, as well as several major development decisions, Kraus offers a detailed, step-by-step investigation of how each policy decision affected the segregation of the city's east side, and thus provides a new perspective on the debate over concentrated urban policy.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

Race, Neighborhoods, and Community Power

Buffalo and Western New York

Race, Neighborhood Composition, and Representation

Race and Public Housing Policy: The Early Years

Urban Renewal and the East Side

Urban Unrest, Suburban Growth, and the Birth of the Contemporary Ghetto

Sara Payson Willis Eldredge, Boston, Friday, December 22nd, 1848

Nostalgia and Confrontation: The Griffin Years

Conclusions

Postscript

Methodological Appendix

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780791491720

0791491722

9780585427997

0585427992

OCLC:

51002829