Practicing community : class culture and power in an urban neighborhood / Rhoda H. Halperin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Halperin, Rhoda H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Working class.
• Community life.
• East End (Cincinnati, Ohio)--Social conditions.
• Cincinnati (Ohio)--Social conditions.
• Community life--Ohio--Cincinnati.
• Community development--Ohio--Cincinnati.
• Community development.
• Ohio--Cincinnati.
• Working class--Ohio--Cincinnati.

Physical Description:

xv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998.

Contents:

• Guideposts
• Community in practice
• Being a real East Ender : families and their histories
• East End textures : hidden dimensions of being a real East Ender
• Fieldwork at home : the East End Study Project
• The cultural economy of the East End
• Community planning : East Enders' perspectives
• Health, culture, and practicing community
• Contested territory : the struggle for affordable housing in the East End
• The heritage center comes of age : persistent leadership, struggles, and dreams
• Local colonialism and the politics of factionalism
• The flood of '97
• Practicing community, culture, and class.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-337) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 0292731183
• 0292731175

OCLC:

37742216