Part family story and part urban history; a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in Chicago—and cities across the nationThe "promised land" for thousands of Southern blacks; postwar Chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the North; the site of the nation’s worst ghettos and the target of Martin Luther King Jr.’s first campaign beyond the South. In this powerful book; Beryl Satter identifies the true causes of the city’s black slums and the ruin of urban neighborhoods throughout the country: not; as some have argued; black pathology; the culture of poverty; or white flight; but a widespread and institutionalized system of legal and financial exploitation. In Satter’s riveting account of a city in crisis; unscrupulous lawyers; slumlords; and speculators are pitched against religious reformers; community organizers; and an impassioned attorney who launched a crusade against the profiteers—the author’s father; Mark J. Satter. At the heart of the struggle stand the black migrants who; having left the South with its legacy of sharecropping; suddenly find themselves caught in a new kind of debt peonage. Satter shows the interlocking forces at work in their oppression: the discriminatory practices of the banking industry; the federal policies that created the country’s shameful "dual housing market"; the economic anxieties that fueled white violence; and the tempting profits to be made by preying on the city’s most vulnerable population. A monumental work of history; this tale of racism and real estate; politics and finance; will forever change our understanding of the forces that transformed urban America.
#683721 in Books SAGE Publications; Inc 1995-05-31Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .85 x 6.00l; 1.15 #File Name: 080395509X376 pages
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Transforming Trauma is an enlightening book.By Radine RamseyDr. Salter has written another excellent book. I began reading this book after I read her book entitled; "Predators". Dr. Anna Salter has a unique understanding of the victims because she has taken the time and energy to interview the predators. She has interviewed rapists; murderers; and child molesters who are in prison. The offenders do not even consider what the victim is feeling. They think only of themselves. The victims think of what the person who did this to them might be feeling. They also tend to blame themselves.Dr. Salter has many years experience treating victims of sexual abuse. She has also attempted to understand the thinking pattern of the predators.One of the most enlightening thoughts included in this book would be that victims spend the rest of their lives trying to feel safe.I would recommend this book to anyone who has experienced sexual abuse and to all of the people who counsel sexual abuse victims.Dr. Salter references many sources for her book. I would estimate that she referenced at least 100 books. I appreciated that she learned from what others had written and chose to share those insights.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Riveting!!By SparrowThe statistics in this book on offenders are absolutely mind-boggling and Salter's research on offenders is worth the price of the book. That is not to say Salter is sympathetic in any way with offenders; but I do think she shows real genius in including this information; particularly given that persons who are abused may introject the abuser . . .A must have; thorough; well-written; and riveting look at the perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse.Highly recommended.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Save for your therapist...By SamiahDifficult read for survivors; because the author is very heavily focused on predators and her research/delivery shows this background very clearly
