A new working class the legacies of public-sector employment in the civil rights movement

"This book traces efforts by Black public-sector workers and their unions to combat racial and economic injustice in Baltimore. For decades, civil rights activists had been fighting against employment discrimination and for a greater role for African Americans in municipal decision-making. In t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Jane (Jane Alexandra) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2021]
Colección:Politics and culture in modern America.
Temas:
1900-1999
Government employee unions > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > Economic conditions > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > Social conditions > History > 20th century.
Urban policy > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Travail > Maryland > Baltimore > Histoire > 20e siècle.
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Noirs américains > Maryland > Baltimore > Conditions économiques > Histoire > 20e siècle.
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Politique urbaine > Maryland > Baltimore > Histoire > 20e siècle.
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African Americans > Employment
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Economic history
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Baltimore (Md.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Baltimore (Md.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
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History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Public-sector workers and the battle over cities
  • "Boom times" in Baltimore?
  • "A new mood" is spreading : the Great Society as job creation
  • "We had to fight to get this" : antipoverty workers take on city hall
  • "Better wages and job conditions with dignity" : unionizing the public sector
  • "A posture of advocacy for the poor" : fighting poverty in an era of austerity
  • "The hell-raising period is over" : new federalism in Baltimore
  • "Polishing the apple while the core rots" : Carter and the cities
  • "A tourist town at the expense of the poor" : the making of two Baltimores
  • "A revolving door for impoverished people" : Reaganomics and American cities
  • "There's tragedy on both sides of the layoffs" : privatization and the urban crisis.

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