Insuring inequality: The role of the federal housing administration in the Urban ghettoization of African Americans

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 399-434

  Kimble, John ^a  

^a Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations   (United States)

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EID: 34250169459     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4465.2007.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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