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Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2010

Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2010

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General LawGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1438449429
ISBN13: 9781438449425
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Feb 1 2014
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.11
Language: English

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.

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