A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia Lisa Levenstein

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levenstein, Lisa.

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

African American women.

Poor women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Poor women.

African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions--20th century.

African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Economic conditions--20th century.

African Americans.

Poverty--Political aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Poverty.

Urban policy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Urban policy.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

xvi, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Contents:

Introduction: The multidimensionality of poverty in a postwar city

"Tired of being seconds" on ADC

Hard choices at 1801 Vine

Housing, not a home

"Massive resistance" in the public schools

A hospital of their own.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-284) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9780807832721 (cloth : alk. paper)

0807832723 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780807859421 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0807859427 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

260254238