Robert Clifton Weaver and the American city [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of an urban reformer / / Wendell E. Pritchett |
Autore | Pritchett Wendell E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (462 p.) |
Disciplina |
352.2/93092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Cabinet officers - United States
African Americans Urban policy - United States - History - 20th century African Americans - Government policy - History - 20th century Cabinet officers - New York (State) African American college presidents |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-53791-1
9786612537912 0-226-68450-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Talented Tenth. The Weaver Family and the Black Elite -- 2. Fighting for a Better Deal -- 3. A Liberal Experiment. Race and Housing in the New Deal -- 4. Creating a New Order. Black Politics in the New Deal Era -- 5. World War II and Black Labor -- 6. Chicago and the Science of Race Relations -- 7. Searching for a Place to Call Home -- 8. New York City and the Institutions of Liberal Reform -- 9. The First Cabinet Job -- 10. The Path to Power -- 11. The Kennedy Years. A Reluctant New Frontier -- 12. Fighting for Civil Rights from the Inside -- 13. The Great Society and the City -- 14. HUD, Robert Weaver, and the Ambiguities of Race -- 15. Power and Its Limitations -- 16. The Great Society, High and Low -- 17. An Elder Statesman in a Period of Turmoil -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Figure Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456836403321 |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
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Robert Clifton Weaver and the American city [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of an urban reformer / / Wendell E. Pritchett |
Autore | Pritchett Wendell E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (462 p.) |
Disciplina |
352.2/93092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Cabinet officers - United States
African Americans Urban policy - United States - History - 20th century African Americans - Government policy - History - 20th century Cabinet officers - New York (State) African American college presidents |
Soggetto non controllato | civil rights, domestic policy, government, robert clifton weaver, housing and urban development, hud, cabinet, congress, lyndon johnson, negro advisor, politics, political science, history, race, nonfiction, roosevelt, fdr, liberalism, new deal, rent control, affirmative action, black politicians, african american, integration, segregation, discrimination, poverty, minority, city, great society, kennedy, chicago, talented tenth |
ISBN |
1-282-53791-1
9786612537912 0-226-68450-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Talented Tenth. The Weaver Family and the Black Elite -- 2. Fighting for a Better Deal -- 3. A Liberal Experiment. Race and Housing in the New Deal -- 4. Creating a New Order. Black Politics in the New Deal Era -- 5. World War II and Black Labor -- 6. Chicago and the Science of Race Relations -- 7. Searching for a Place to Call Home -- 8. New York City and the Institutions of Liberal Reform -- 9. The First Cabinet Job -- 10. The Path to Power -- 11. The Kennedy Years. A Reluctant New Frontier -- 12. Fighting for Civil Rights from the Inside -- 13. The Great Society and the City -- 14. HUD, Robert Weaver, and the Ambiguities of Race -- 15. Power and Its Limitations -- 16. The Great Society, High and Low -- 17. An Elder Statesman in a Period of Turmoil -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Figure Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781067103321 |
Pritchett Wendell E
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Robert Clifton Weaver and the American city [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of an urban reformer / / Wendell E. Pritchett |
Autore | Pritchett Wendell E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (462 p.) |
Disciplina |
352.2/93092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Cabinet officers - United States
African Americans Urban policy - United States - History - 20th century African Americans - Government policy - History - 20th century Cabinet officers - New York (State) African American college presidents |
Soggetto non controllato | civil rights, domestic policy, government, robert clifton weaver, housing and urban development, hud, cabinet, congress, lyndon johnson, negro advisor, politics, political science, history, race, nonfiction, roosevelt, fdr, liberalism, new deal, rent control, affirmative action, black politicians, african american, integration, segregation, discrimination, poverty, minority, city, great society, kennedy, chicago, talented tenth |
ISBN |
1-282-53791-1
9786612537912 0-226-68450-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Talented Tenth. The Weaver Family and the Black Elite -- 2. Fighting for a Better Deal -- 3. A Liberal Experiment. Race and Housing in the New Deal -- 4. Creating a New Order. Black Politics in the New Deal Era -- 5. World War II and Black Labor -- 6. Chicago and the Science of Race Relations -- 7. Searching for a Place to Call Home -- 8. New York City and the Institutions of Liberal Reform -- 9. The First Cabinet Job -- 10. The Path to Power -- 11. The Kennedy Years. A Reluctant New Frontier -- 12. Fighting for Civil Rights from the Inside -- 13. The Great Society and the City -- 14. HUD, Robert Weaver, and the Ambiguities of Race -- 15. Power and Its Limitations -- 16. The Great Society, High and Low -- 17. An Elder Statesman in a Period of Turmoil -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Figure Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814321903321 |
Pritchett Wendell E
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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