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In the US, it is rare that people of different races and social classes live together in the same housing developments and neighbourhoods. The Gautreaux program was especially designed to help redress this problem. This work shows this unique experiment in racial, social, and economic integration.

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"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

Crossing the Class Color Lines From Public

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A Paperback / softback by Leonard S. Rubinowitz, James E. Rosenbaum

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/04/2002
    ISBN13: 9780226730905, 978-0226730905
    ISBN10: 0226730905
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In the US, it is rare that people of different races and social classes live together in the same housing developments and neighbourhoods. The Gautreaux program was especially designed to help redress this problem. This work shows this unique experiment in racial, social, and economic integration.

    Trade Review
    "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

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