Colored Property (Paperback)

In "Colored Property", David M. P. Freund shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of racial integration in residential neighborhoods after World War II - away from invocations of a mythical racial hierarchy and toward talk of markets, property, and citizenship. Freund traces the emergence of a powerful public-private alliance that facilitated postwar suburban growth across the nation with federal programs that significantly favored whites. Then, showing how this national story played out in metropolitan Detroit, he demonstrates how whites learned to view discrimination not as an act of racism but as a legitimate response to the needs of the market. Illuminating government's powerful yet still-hidden role in the segregation of U.S. cities, "Colored Property" presents a dramatic new vision of metropolitan growth, segregation, and white identity in modern America.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	May 2010
Authors:	David M.P. Freund
Dimensions:	232 x 166 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	526
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-26276-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-226-26276-6
Barcode:	9780226262765

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