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Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story Reprint edition
W. Edward Orser
Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story Reprint edition
W. Edward Orser
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.
256 pages, 17 b&w photos, 4 maps, 4 figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 28, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780813109350 |
Publishers | The University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 381 g |
Language | English |
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