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Autore |
Mantler Gordon Keith <1972-> |
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Titolo |
Power to the poor [[electronic resource] ] : Black-Brown coalition and the fight for economic justice, 1960-1974 / / Gordon K. Mantler |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0806-5 |
1-4696-0807-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Collana |
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Justice, power, and politics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century |
Coalitions - United States - History - 20th century |
Ethnicity - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Hispanic Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century |
Political activists - United States |
Poverty - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Social justice - United States - History - 20th century |
Social movements - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Economic conditions 1961-1971 |
United States Race relations History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-339) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Abbreviations in the Text; Introduction; 1 The "Rediscovery" of Poverty; 2 First Experiments; 3 War, Power, and the New Politics; 4 Poverty, Peace, and King's Challenge; 5 Race and Resurrection City; 6 Multiracial Efforts, Intra-racial Gains; 7 The Limits of Coalition; 8 Making the 1970's; Epilogue: Poverty, Coalition, and Identity Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Poor People's Campaign of 1968 has long been overshadowed by the assassination of its architect, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the political turmoil of that year. In a major reinterpretation of civil rights and Chicano movement history, Gordon K. Mantler demonstrates how King's unfinished crusade became the era's most high-profile attempt at multiracial collaboration and sheds light on the interdependent |
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