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

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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...

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Autor principal: Levenstein, Lisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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