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Autore |
Bonastia Christopher <1967-> |
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Knocking on the door : the federal government's attempt to desegregate the suburbs / / Christopher Bonastia |
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Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-08679-0 |
9786612086793 |
1-4008-2725-6 |
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Edizione |
[Core Textbook] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discrimination in housing - United States - History - 20th century |
Discrimination in housing - Government policy - United States - History - 20th century |
Housing policy - United States - History - 20th century |
Affirmative action programs - Government policy - United States - History - 20th century |
Suburbs - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Politics and government 1969-1974 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2006. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Government Agencies and Commissions -- Chapter One. Residential Segregation -- Chapter Two. The Divergence of Civil Rights Policies in Housing, Education, and Employment -- Chapter Three. The Federal Government and Residential Segregation, 1866-1968 -- Chapter Four. Conviction and Controversy -- Chapter Five. Indirect Attack -- Chapter Six. The Recent Past, Present, and Future of Residential Desegregation -- List of Abbreviations for Notes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Knocking on the Door is the first book-length work to analyze federal involvement in residential segregation from Reconstruction to the present. Providing a particularly detailed analysis of the period 1968 to 1973, the book examines how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) attempted to forge elementary changes in |
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