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1026706
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b781076
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Feldman, Roberta M.
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| Title & Author
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The dignity of resistance : : women residents' activism in Chicago public housing /\ Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge series in environment and behavior
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1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) :: illustrations
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0511734972
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: 9780511734977
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: 9781107314894
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: 9781107315877
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0521593204
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0521596866
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9780521593205
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9780521596862
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-376) and index.
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| Contents
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Struggles for homeplace -- U.S. Public Housing Policies : Wentworth Gardens' historic backdrop -- Memory of a better past, reality of the present : the impetus for resident activism -- The community household : the foundation of everyday resistance -- The Local Advisory Council (LAC) : a site of women-centered organizing -- Women-centered leadership : a case study -- The appropriation of homeplace : organizing for the spatial resources to sustain everyday life -- The WhiteSox "Battle" : protest and betrayal -- Linking legal action and economic development : tensions and strains -- Becoming resident managers : a bureaucratic quagmire -- Resistance in context.
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This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition.
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African American women-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Community leadership-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Public housing-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Women in community organization-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Femmes dans l'organisation communautaire-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
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Leadership communautaire-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
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Logement social-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
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Noires américaines-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
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African American women.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Community leadership.
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Public housing.
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Schwarze Frau
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Wohnungspolitik
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Women in community organization.
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Chicago (Ill.)
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Illinois, Chicago.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.5/85/0977311
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| LC Classification
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HQ1421.F45 2004eb
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MS 1810rvk
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| Added Entry
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Stall, Susan.
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