Making the Second Ghetto

In his book Making the Second Ghetto, Hirsch asserts that Chicago was a pioneer in establishing concepts and tactics for housing segregation during the postwar years. He demonstrates that the legal underpinning for the national urban regeneration project was developed in the crucible of Chicago's South Side racial strife. His account of ethnic, political, and corporate interests actions in response to the large influx of southern blacks in the 1940s reveals how violence coupled with government policy led to segregation.