LEADER 04678nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910345147303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08679-0 010 $a9786612086793 010 $a1-4008-2725-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827251 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756318 035 $a(EBL)445449 035 $a(OCoLC)336651201 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001135632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12458090 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001135632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11101906 035 $a(PQKB)10531991 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187804 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187804 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143667 035 $a(PQKB)10762199 035 $a(OCoLC)899265096 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36237 035 $a(DE-B1597)446463 035 $a(OCoLC)979970150 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827251 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445449 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284130 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208679 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445449 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756318 100 $a20080124d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKnocking on the door $ethe federal government's attempt to desegregate the suburbs /$fChristopher Bonastia 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, NJ ;$aWoodstock $cPrinceton University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2006. 311 $a0-691-11934-1 311 $a0-691-13619-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tList of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Government Agencies and Commissions -- $tChapter One. Residential Segregation -- $tChapter Two. The Divergence of Civil Rights Policies in Housing, Education, and Employment -- $tChapter Three. The Federal Government and Residential Segregation, 1866-1968 -- $tChapter Four. Conviction and Controversy -- $tChapter Five. Indirect Attack -- $tChapter Six. The Recent Past, Present, and Future of Residential Desegregation -- $tList of Abbreviations for Notes -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aKnocking 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 segregated residential patterns by opening up the suburbs to groups historically excluded for racial or economic reasons. The door did not shut completely on this possibility until President Richard Nixon took the drastic step of freezing all federal housing funds in January 1973. Knocking on the Door assesses this near-miss in political history, exploring how HUD came surprisingly close to implementing rigorous antidiscrimination policies, and why the agency's efforts were derailed by Nixon. Christopher Bonastia shows how the Nixon years were ripe for federal action to foster residential desegregation. The period was marked by new legislative protections against housing discrimination, unprecedented federal involvement in housing construction, and frequent judicial backing for the actions of civil rights agencies. By comparing housing desegregation policies to civil rights enforcement in employment and education, Bonastia offers an unrivaled account of why civil rights policies diverge so sharply in their ambition and effectiveness. 606 $aDiscrimination in housing$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDiscrimination in housing$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHousing policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAffirmative action programs$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSuburbs$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1969-1974 615 0$aDiscrimination in housing$xHistory 615 0$aDiscrimination in housing$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aHousing policy$xHistory 615 0$aAffirmative action programs$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aSuburbs$xHistory 676 $a363.5/560973 700 $aBonastia$b Christopher$f1967-$01035847 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345147303321 996 $aKnocking on the door$92455762 997 $aUNINA