The Origins of the Dual City Housing, Race, and Redevelopment in Twentieth-Century Chicago
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780226661582 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Imprint: | The University of Chicago Press |
Pub date: | 12 Nov 2019 |
DEWEY: | 307.14160977311 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 352 |
Weight: | 558g |
Height: | 230mm |
Width: | 153mm |
Spine width: | 18mm |