Block by Block: Neighborhoods and Public Policy on Chicago's West Side

by Amanda I. Seligman

Book Overview

In the decades following World War II, cities across the United States saw an influx of African American families into otherwise homogeneously white areas. This racial transformation of urban neighborhoods led many whites to migrate to the suburbs, producing the phenomenon commonly known as white flight. In Block by Block, Amanda I. Seligman draws on the surprisingly understudied West Side communities of Chicago to shed new light on this story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226746658
• ISBN13: 9780226746654
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

African-Americans migration into Chicago's West Neighborhoods

I grew up in the Chicagoland area during the 50s/60s. This book is very interesting and informative. The Austin, Lawndale and Garfield Park neighborhoods racial and ethnic backgrounds changed a lot, resulting in what some call "White Flight". Fascinating look at how Chicago evolved.