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Crucibles of black empowerment : Chicago's neighborhood politics from the New Deal to Harold Washington / Jeffrey Helgeson.
LIBRA F548.9.N4 H45 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helgeson, Jeffrey, author.
- Series:
- Historical studies of urban America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Political activity--Illinois--Chicago.
- African Americans.
- Political participation.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- x, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 The Politics of Home in Hard Times 25
- 2 Community Development in an Age of Protest, 1935-40 48
- 3 "Will 'Our People' Be Any Better Off after This War?" 81
- 4 A Decent Place to Live: The Postwar Housing Shortage 118
- 5 Capitalism without Capital: Postwar Employment Activism 162
- 6 Sources of Black Nationalism from the 1950S to the 1970S 201
- 7 Harold Washington: Black Power and the Resilience of Liberalism 238.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226130699
- 022613069X
- OCLC:
- 859583698
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