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Rast, Joel. "4. Creating a Unified Business Elite". The Origins of the Dual City, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019, pp. 96-121. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226661612-005
Rast, J. (2019). 4. Creating a Unified Business Elite. In The Origins of the Dual City (pp. 96-121). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226661612-005
Rast, J. 2019. 4. Creating a Unified Business Elite. The Origins of the Dual City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 96-121. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226661612-005
Rast, Joel. "4. Creating a Unified Business Elite" In The Origins of the Dual City, 96-121. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226661612-005
Rast J. 4. Creating a Unified Business Elite. In: The Origins of the Dual City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2019. p.96-121. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226661612-005
Chicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality. More than ever, Chicago is a “dual city,” a condition taken for granted by many residents. In this book, Joel Rast reveals that today’s tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality is a marked departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, a key goal for civic leaders was the total elimination of slums and blight. Yet over time, as anti-slum efforts faltered, leaders shifted the focus of their initiatives away from low-income areas and toward the upgrading of neighborhoods with greater economic promise. As misguided as postwar public housing and urban renewal programs were, they were born of a long-standing reformist impulse aimed at improving living conditions for people of all classes and colors across the city—something that can’t be said to be a true priority for many policymakers today. The Origins of the Dual City illuminates how we normalized and became resigned to living amid stark racial and economic divides.