Housing Segregation in Suburban America since 1960: Presidential and Judicial Politics

by Charles M. Lamb

This book examines national fair housing policy from 1960 through 2000 in the context of the American presidency and the country's segregated suburban housing market. Arguing that a principal reason for suburban housing segregation lies in Richard Nixon's 1971 fair housing policy, it traces Nixon's housing legacy through each presidential administration from Gerald Ford to Bill Clinton and as detected in the decisions of Nixon's Federal Court appointees.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

I am a little biased because I edited this book for two years in college, but it really is a great book. Professor Lamb of the University at Buffalo chronicles the roots of housing segregation in America's suburbs with a particular focus on the contributions of federal law and policy stemming from the Nixon era.