The politics of public housing : Black women's struggles against urban inequality / by Rhonda Y. Williams.
2004
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The politics of public housing : Black women's struggles against urban inequality / by Rhonda Y. Williams.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Transgressing boundaries.
Formatted Contents Note
Creating "a little heaven for poor people": decent housing and respectable communities
"A woman can understand": dissidence in 1940s' public housing
Shifting landscapes in postwar Baltimore
"When then came the change": the fight against disrepute
"An awakening giant": the search for poor people's political power
"Sunlight at early dawn": economic struggles, public housing and welfare rights.
"A woman can understand": dissidence in 1940s' public housing
Shifting landscapes in postwar Baltimore
"When then came the change": the fight against disrepute
"An awakening giant": the search for poor people's political power
"Sunlight at early dawn": economic struggles, public housing and welfare rights.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0195158903
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