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Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs : History, Politics, and Prospects /

American suburbs have been seen as both exclusive idylls for elites as well as crucibles for new ideologies of gender, class, race, and property. But few have considered what the growing diversity of suburban America has meant for progressive social, economic, and political justice movements. Social...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Niedt, Christopher (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:American suburbs have been seen as both exclusive idylls for elites as well as crucibles for new ideologies of gender, class, race, and property. But few have considered what the growing diversity of suburban America has meant for progressive social, economic, and political justice movements. Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs is a pioneering and multidisciplinary volume that reassesses commonplace understandings of suburban activism. Editor Christopher Niedt and his contributors shed light on organizing and conflict in the suburbs with historical and contemporary case stud.
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 pages).
ISBN:9781439910511