Abstract
Emphasizing the importance of exclusion in the formation of urban neighborhoods, this study of early twentieth-century Chicago provides new insights into the significance of real estate markets in the development of racial segregation. Chicago's “color line” emerged from the decisions and strategies of owners, salesmen, entrepreneurs, developers, and neighborhood associations, who joined together in a concerted campaign to evermore securely link the value of properties and neighborhoods to racial identity.
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