Overview
From 1976 to 1998, the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program moved over 7,000 low-income black families from Chicago's inner city to middle-class white suburbs—the largest and longest-running residential, racial, and economic integration effort in American history. Crossing the Class and Color Lines is the story of that project, from the initial struggles and discomfort of the relocated families to their eventual successes in employment and education—cementing the sociological concept of the ""neighborhood effect"" and shattering the myth that inner-city blacks cannot escape a ""culture of poverty.""
Full Product Details
Author: Leonard S. Rubinowitz ,
James E. Rosenbaum
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 1.70cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 2.30cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9780226730905
ISBN 10: 0226730905
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 April 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""This book's history of Chicago public housing should be required reading for anyone interested in social policy in the United States."" - Jens Ludwig, Social Service Review; ""[The authors""] work is rightly cited as one of the important precedents in the field.... This is a remarkable, unassailable accomplishment and this book is an important record of their scholarly contribution."" - John M. Goering, Ethnic and Racial Studies
This book's history of Chicago public housing should be required reading for anyone interested in social policy in the United States. - Jens Ludwig, Social Service Review; [The authors ] work is rightly cited as one of the important precedents in the field.... This is a remarkable, unassailable accomplishment and this book is an important record of their scholarly contribution. - John M. Goering, Ethnic and Racial Studies
"""This book's history of Chicago public housing should be required reading for anyone interested in social policy in the United States."" - Jens Ludwig, Social Service Review; ""[The authors""] work is rightly cited as one of the important precedents in the field.... This is a remarkable, unassailable accomplishment and this book is an important record of their scholarly contribution."" - John M. Goering, Ethnic and Racial Studies"
Author Information
Leonard S. Rubinowitz is a professor at the Northwestern University School of Law. James E. Rosenbaum is a professor of sociology, education, and social policy and a faculty fellow of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
