| Crossing the Class and Color Lines: From Public Housing to White Suburbia Contributor(s): Rubinowitz, Leonard S. (Author), Rosenbaum, James E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226730891 ISBN-13: 9780226730899 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: From 1976 to 1998, the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program moved over 7,000 low-income black families from Chicago's inner city to middle-class white suburbs--the largest and longest-running residential, racial, and economic integration effort in American history. "Crossing the Class and Color Lines" is the story of that project, from the initial struggles and discomfort of the relocated families to their eventual successes in employment and education--cementing the sociological concept of the "neighborhood effect" and shattering the myth that inner-city blacks cannot escape a "culture of poverty." "This book's history of Chicago public housing should be required reading for anyone interested in social policy in the United States."--Jens Ludwig, "Social Service Review" "[The authors'] work is rightly cited as one of the important precedents in the field. . . . This is a remarkable, unassailable accomplishment and this book is an important record of their scholarly contribution."--John M. Goering, "Ethnic and Racial Studies" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 363.599 |
| LCCN: 99053847 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.06 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From 1976 to 1998, the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program moved over 7,000 low-income black families from Chicago's inner city to middle-class white suburbs--the largest and longest-running residential, racial, and economic integration effort in American history. Crossing the Class and Color Lines is the story of that project, from the initial struggles and discomfort of the relocated families to their eventual successes in employment and education--cementing the sociological concept of the neighborhood effect and shattering the myth that inner-city blacks cannot escape a culture of poverty. This book's history of Chicago public housing should be required reading for anyone interested in social policy in the United States.--Jens Ludwig, Social Service Review The authors'] work is rightly cited as one of the important precedents in the field. . . . This is a remarkable, unassailable accomplishment and this book is an important record of their scholarly contribution.--John M. Goering, Ethnic and Racial Studies |
