Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-In Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Housing

by Jeannine Bell

Book Overview

Examines the role violence plays in maintaining housing segregation

Despite increasing racial tolerance and national diversity, neighborhood segregation remains a very real problem in cities across America. Scholars, government officials, and the general public have long attempted to understand why segregation persists despite efforts to combat it, traditionally focusing on the issue of "white flight," or the idea that white residents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814791441
• ISBN13: 9780814791448
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"