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

Gotham, Kevin Fox.

Race, real estate, and uneven development : the Kansas City experience, 1900-2010 / Kevin Fox Gotham. - Second edition. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment -- A Housing Program for Slum Clearance -- Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects -- Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment -- 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 -- 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

"Updated second edition examining how the real estate industry and federal housing policy have facilitated the development of racial residential segregation"--Provided by publisher.



9781438449449


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


Electronic Books.

HC108 / .R334 2014