Unfair Housing: How National Policy Shapes Community Action
- ISBN-10
- 0700612750
- ISBN-13
- 9780700612758
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Author
- Mara S. Sidney
Description
Why do most neighbourhoods in the United States continue to be racially divided? In this work, author Mara Sidney offers a fresh explanation for the persistent colour lines in America's cities by showing how weak national policy has silenced and splintered grassroots activists.
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