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Germany Kent B. <1971-> |
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New Orleans after the promises [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / / Kent B. Germany |
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Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 |
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1-280-49169-8 |
9786613586926 |
0-8203-4258-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (485 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Civil rights - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century |
Poverty - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century |
Citizenship - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century |
Political participation - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century |
Liberalism - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century |
New Orleans (La.) Politics and government 20th century |
New Orleans (La.) Social policy |
New Orleans (La.) Economic conditions 20th century |
New Orleans (La.) 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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Something new for the South? -- A European-African-Caribbean-American-Southern city -- Establishing the early war on poverty -- Building community action -- Challenging the establishment and the color line -- Making better and happier citizens -- Defusing the southern powder keg -- Making workers and jobs -- Making groceries -- Making a model New Orleans -- The thugs united and the politics of manhood -- Women, welfare, and political mobilization -- Acronyms, liberalism, and electoral politics, 1969-1971 -- Panthers, snipers, and the limits of liberalism -- Conclusion: Prelude to Katrina. |
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