New Orleans after the promises [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / / Kent B. Germany

• Autore: Germany Kent B. <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (485 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.3/35064
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: New Orleans after the promises
• ISBN: 1-280-49169-8; 9786613586926; 0-8203-4258-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819009703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II