The dignity of resistance : women residents' activism in Chicago public housing /

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Author / Creator:	Feldman, Roberta M.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge series in environment and behavior Cambridge series in environment and behavior.
Subject:	Women in community organization -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies. Community leadership -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies. Public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies. African American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies. African American women. Community leadership. Public housing. Women in community organization. Illinois -- Chicago. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11832225

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Other authors / contributors:	Stall, Susan.
ISBN:	9781107321267 1107321263 1139809571 9781139809573 0511734972 9780511734977 1107315875 9781107315877 1107317800 9781107317802 0511889526 9780511889523 0511970463 9780511970467 1299399118 9781299399112 1107314895 9781107314894 0521593204 9780521593205 0521596866 9780521596862
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-376) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Feldman, Roberta M. Dignity of resistance. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521593204

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