Housing, Race, and Redevelopment in Twentieth-Century Chicago
Hardback
Publication Date: 05/12/2019
Chicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality. More than ever, Chicago is a "dual city," a condition taken for granted by many residents. In this book, Joel Rast reveals that today's tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality is a marked departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, a key goal for civic leaders was the total elimination of slums and blight. Yet over time, as anti-slum efforts faltered, leaders shifted the focus of their initiatives away from low-income areas and toward the upgrading of neighborhoods with greater economic promise. As misguided as postwar public housing and urban renewal programs were, they were born of a long-standing reformist impulse aimed at improving living conditions for people of all classes and colors across the city--something that can't be said to be a true priority for many policymakers today. The Origins of the Dual City illuminates how we normalized and became resigned to living amid stark racial and economic divides.
- ISBN:
- 9780226661445
- 9780226661445
- Category:
- Urban communities
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 05-12-2019
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 22.9x16.1x2.6mm
- Weight:
- 0.64kg
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