Orser, W. Edward. <br/><br/>
Blockbusting in Baltimore  the Edmondson Village Story. 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)1994. 
 - 1 online resource (256 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Preface; 1 The Trauma of Racial Change; 2 The Making of a Rowhouse Neighborhood; 3 Continuity and Undercurrents of Change; 4 A White Community Responds to Change; 5 African American Pioneers; 6 The Legacy of Blockbusting; Appendices; Appendix A: Suggested Reading ; Appendix B: Home Ownership on Selected Blocks, 1955-1973 ; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. 
<br/><br/> This innovative study of racial upheaval and urban transformation in Baltimore, Maryland investigates the impact of ""blockbusting""--A practice in which real estate agents would sell a house on an all-white block to an African American family with the aim of igniting a panic among the other residents. These homeowners would often sell at a loss to move away, and the real estate agents would promote the properties at a drastic markup to African American buyers. In this groundbreaking book, W. Edward Orser examines Edmondson Village, a west Baltimore rowhouse community where an especially acut. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813148311 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Demographic transition--Maryland--Baltimore.<br/>African Americans--Housing--Maryland--Baltimore.<br/>African Americans--Segregation--Maryland--Baltimore.<br/>African Americans--Housing--Baltimore.--Maryland<br/>African Americans--Segregation--Baltimore.--Maryland<br/>Baltimore (Md.)--Population.<br/>Baltimore (Md.)--Race relations.<br/>Demographic transition--Baltimore.--Maryland<br/>Edmondson Village (Baltimore, Md.)--Population.<br/>Edmondson Village (Baltimore, Md.)--Race relations.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F189  / .B563 1994