A Movement Without Marches : African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia /

Show other versions (2)

Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impove...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levenstein, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban policy.
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Poverty > Political aspects.
Poor women.
Politics and government.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women.
Politique urbaine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pauvrete > Aspect politique > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
Noires americaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
Noires americaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Femmes pauvres > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noires americaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Urban policy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Poverty > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Poor women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Multidimensionality of Poverty in a Postwar City; One: ""Tired of Being Seconds"" on ADC; Two: Hard Choices at 1801 Vine; Three: Housing, Not a Home; Four: ""Massive Resistance"" in the Public Schools; Five: A Hospital of Their Own; Conclusion; Appendix: Note on First-Person Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Similar Items