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Author:
Seligman, Amanda I.
Title:
Block by block : neighborhoods and public policy on Chicago's West Side / Amanda I. Seligman.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
xiii, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Urban policy--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
African Americans--Chicago--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.
Whites--Chicago--Chicago--Migrations--20th century.
Whites--Chicago--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.
African Americans--History--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Whites--History--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
City and town life--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Suburban life--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Notes:
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-296) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : block by block -- Chicago's West Side -- Housing codes -- Conservation and urban renewal -- A Chicago campus for the University of Illinois -- Public schools -- Blockbusting -- Keeping African Americans out -- Keeping whites in -- Epilogue : reconsidering white flight.
Series:
Historical studies of urban America
ISBN:
9780226746654 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226746658 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226746630 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226746631 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56086688
(OCoLC)60961312
LCCN:
2004016543
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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