New Orleans after the promises : poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / Kent B. Germany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Germany, Kent B., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

History.

Political participation.

Citizenship.

Poverty.

African Americans--Civil rights.

New Orleans (La.)--Politics and government--20th century.

New Orleans (La.).

New Orleans (La.)--Social policy.

New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions--20th century.

New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Poverty--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Citizenship--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Political participation--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Liberalism--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

xii, 460 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]

Summary:

In the 1960s and 1970s, New Orleans experienced one of the greatest transformations in its history. Its people replaced Jim Crow, fought a War on Poverty, and emerged with glittering skyscrapers, professional football, and a building so large it had to be called the Superdome. New Orleans after the Promises explores how, at a time when liberalism seemed to be on the wane nationally, the city's black and white citizens cautiously partnered with each other and with the federal government to expand liberalism in the South. While many wonder now what kind of city will emerge after the devastation of Katrina, New Orleans after the Promises offers a detailed portrait of the complex city that developed after its last epic reconstruction.

Contents:

Introduction: Something new for the South?

A European-African-Caribbean-American-Southern city

Establishing the early war on poverty

Building community action

Challenging the establishment and the color line

Making better and happier citizens

Defusing the southern powder keg

Making workers and jobs

Making groceries

Making a model New Orleans

The thugs united and the politics of manhood

Women, welfare, and political mobilization

Acronyms, liberalism, and electoral politics, 1969-1971

Panthers, snipers, and the limits of liberalism

Conclusion: Prelude to Katrina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-429) and index.

ISBN:

9780820325439

9780820329000

OCLC:

71800543

Publisher Number:

9780820325439

9780820329000