Blockbusting in Baltimore : the Edmondson Village Story.

Blockbusting in Baltimore : the Edmondson Village Story.

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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 amo...

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Main Author: Orser, W. Edward.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
Subjects:
Demographic transition > Maryland > Baltimore.
African Americans > Housing > Maryland > Baltimore.
African Americans > Segregation > Maryland > Baltimore.
Edmondson Village (Baltimore, Md.) > Race relations.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations.
Edmondson Village (Baltimore, Md.) > Population.
Baltimore (Md.) > Population.
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Summary: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. Edward Orser examines Edmondson Village, a west Baltimore rowhouse community where an especially acut.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813148311
0813148316

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