Blockbusting in Baltimore - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813109350ISBN-10:813109353UPC:9780813109350Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Sociology, United StatesBook Topic:Urban, State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.06 x 5.98 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCK0V7PYKM
Blockbusting in Baltimore
This innovative study of racial upheaval and urban transformation in Baltimore, Maryland investigates the impact of "blockbusting" -- a practice in which real estate agents would sell a house on an all-white block to an African American family with the aim of igniting a panic among the other residents. These homeowners would often sell at a loss to move away, and the real estate agents would...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813109350ISBN-10:813109353UPC:9780813109350Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Sociology, United StatesBook Topic:Urban, State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.06 x 5.98 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCK0V7PYKM
W. Edward Orser is professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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