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Updated second edition examining how the real estate industry and federal housing policy have facilitated the development of racial residential segregation.
Traditional explanations of metropolitan development and urban racial segregation have emphasized the role of consumer demand and market dynamics. In the first edition of Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development Kevin Fox Gotham reexamined the assumptions behind these explanations and offered a provocative new thesis. Using the Kansas City metropolitan area as a case study, Gotham provided both quantitative and qualitative documentation of the role of the real estate industry and the Federal Housing Administration, demonstrating how these institutions have promulgated racial residential segregation and uneven development. Gotham challenged contemporary explanations while providing fresh insights into the racialization of metropolitan space, the interlocking dimensions of class and race in metropolitan development, and the importance of analyzing housing as a system of social stratification. In this second edition, he includes new material that explains the racially unequal impact of the subprime real estate crisis that began in late 2007, and explains why racial disparities in housing and lending remain despite the passage of fair housing laws and antidiscrimination statutes.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment
A Housing Program for Slum Clearance
Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects
Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment
5. 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
6. 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
Conclusions
Old Customs Die Hard: Racialization of Space and the Global Real Estate Crisis
Race, Housing, and the "New Racism"
Privatism, Real Estate, and the Future of Uneven Development
Notes
References
Index
