Indefensible Spaces : policing and the struggle for housing / Rahim Kurwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurwa, Rahim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Indefensible Spaces examines the national crisis of the policing of housing through the story of Black community building in the Antelope Valley. Tracing the history of Los Angeles County's northernmost outpost from its segregated development in the postwar aerospace boom through its evolution into a destination for those priced, policed, and evicted out of Los Angeles, Rahim Kurwa tells the story of how the valley resisted racial integration through the policing of subsidized housing--and how Black tenants and organizers have worked to overcome it. This book sheds light on the intersection of the nation's policing and housing crises, offering powerful lessons for achieving housing justice across the country"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Sun Village

Redeeming the right to discriminate

Apartheid's afterlives

Unmaking home

The second sun

Conclusion

Methodological appendix.

Notes:

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