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The problem of jobs : liberalism, race, and deindustrialization in Philadelphia / Guian A. McKee.
Lippincott Library HD5726.P5 M35 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKee, Guian A.
- Series:
- Historical studies of urban America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manpower policy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Manpower policy.
- Job creation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Job creation.
- History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--1865-.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Liberals, Race, and Jobs in Postwar Philadelphia 1
- Chapter 1 Economic Crisis and Local Liberalism 18
- Chapter 2 Good Medicine for Philadelphia? Local Industrial Policy and the Problem of Jobs 41
- Chapter 3 "Economic development is but a means": The War on Poverty and Local Economic Planning 83
- Chapter 4 "We are going to protest and prepare": Civil Rights and the Origins of OIC 113
- Chapter 5 "All 200 million of us are going to make it": The Rise of OIC 137
- Chapter 6 "We had to create jobs": The OIC-Progress Movement and Community Capitalism 182
- Chapter 7 The Philadelphia Plan: Affirmative Action and the Problem of Jobs 211
- Chapter 8 "You'll never pull it off in this city": Model Cities, Racial Conflict, and Local Industrial Policy 249
- Conclusion: And All the World Was Philadelphia 282.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-369) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226560120
- 0226560120
- OCLC:
- 225846695
- Online:
- Publisher description
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