Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780813109350
Pub Date: 28 Aug 1997
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Illustrations: 17 b&w photos, 4 maps, 4 figures
Description:
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 promote the properties at a drastic markup to African American buyers.In this groundbreaking book, W.