LEADER 03728nam 2200661 450 001 9910827862303321 005 20230126211825.0 010 $a0-8203-4672-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000087920 035 $a(EBL)1630848 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001112888 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11602508 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112888 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11162833 035 $a(PQKB)11286279 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1630848 035 $a(OCoLC)870646646 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34832 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1630848 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10837671 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL573858 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000087920 100 $a20140224h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA people's war on poverty $eurban politics and grassroots activists in Houston /$fWesley G. Phelps 210 1$aAthens, Georgia :$cThe University of Georgia Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8203-4671-3 311 $a0-8203-4670-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The War on Poverty and the Expansion of Democracy; One. Declaring a War on Poverty in the Midst of "Pervasive Conservatism": The Tumultuous Road to Establishing a Community Action Agency, 1964-1965; Two. Creating an Alternative Antipoverty Philosophy for Houston: Grassroots Religious Activists and VISTA Workers Outside the City's Community Action Agency, 1964-1966; Three. An Aggressive Vision for the Community Action Program: Confrontational Politics and the Expansion of Democracy, 1966-1967 327 $aFour. A Closing Window of Opportunity for Expanding Democracy: Houston's Public Officials and the Taming of the Community Action Program, 1967Five. A Triumph for the Limited Vision of Democracy: New Leadership and the Expulsion of the Organizers, 1967-1969; Six. National Changes with Local Results: De- escalation of the War on Poverty, 1969-1976; Conclusion. The War on Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 330 $aIn A People's War on Poverty , Wesley G. Phelps investigates the on-the-ground implementation of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty during the 1960's and 1970's. He argues that the fluid interaction between federal policies, urban politics, and grassroots activists created a significant site of conflict over the meaning of American democracy and the rights of citizenship that historians have largely overlooked. In Houston in particular, the War on Poverty spawned fierce political battles that revealed fundamental disagreements over what democracy meant, how far it should extend, and who... 606 $aCommunity development$zTexas$zHouston$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPoor$xServices for$zTexas$zHouston$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPoor$xPolitical activity$zTexas$zHouston$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy$zTexas$zHouston$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial action$zTexas$zHouston$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCommunity development$xHistory 615 0$aPoor$xServices for$xHistory 615 0$aPoor$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aPoverty$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aSocial action$xHistory 676 $a305.5/69097641411 700 $aPhelps$b Wesley G$01599651 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827862303321 996 $aA people's war on poverty$93922409 997 $aUNINA