Robert Clifton Weaver and the American city : the life and times of an urban reformer /

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"From his role as FDR's "negro advisor" to his appointment, under Lyndon Johnson, as the first secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Robert Clifton Weaver was one of the most influential domestic policy makers and civil rights advocates of the twentieth century. This volume...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pritchett, Wendell E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Temas:
Weaver, Robert C. > (Robert Clifton), > 1907-1997.
Weaver, Robert C. > (Robert Clifton), > 1907-1997
Weaver, Robert C. > 1907-1997
United States. > Department of Housing and Urban Development > Officials and employees > Biography.
Bernard M. Baruch College > Biography.
Bernard M. Baruch College
United States. > Department of Housing and Urban Development
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1900-1999
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Urban policy > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Government policy > History > 20th century.
Cabinet officers > New York (State) > Biography.
African American college presidents > Biography.
Ministres > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ministres > New York (État) > Biographies.
Présidents et recteurs d'université noirs américains > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
African American college presidents
African Americans
African Americans > Government policy
Cabinet officers
Employees
Urban policy
Stadtentwicklung
New York (State)
United States
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preparing the Talented Tenth: The Weaver Family and the Black Elite
  • Fighting for a Better Deal
  • A Liberal Experiment: Race and Housing in the New Deal
  • Creating a New Order: Black Politics in the New Deal Era
  • World War II and Black Labor
  • Chicago and the Science of Race Relations
  • Searching for a Place to Call Home
  • New York City and the Institutions of Liberal Reform
  • The First Cabinet Job
  • The Path to Power
  • The Kennedy Years: A Reluctant New Frontier
  • Fighting for Civil Rights from the Inside
  • The Great Society and the City
  • HUD, Robert Weaver, and the Ambiguities of Race
  • Power and Its Limitations
  • The Great Society, High and Low
  • An Elder Statesman in a Period of Turmoil.

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