ISBN:
9780226649337
,
0226649334
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 388 pages)
,
Illustrations, map
DDC:
305.8960730773/11
Keywords:
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Soziale Situation
;
Chicago, Ill.
Abstract:
In Black on the Block, Mary Pattilloa Newsweek Woman of the 21st Centuryuses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North KenwoodOakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. There was a time when North KenwoodOakland was plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up to tackle the social problems that had plagued the area for decades. Black on the Block tells the remarkable story of how these residents laid the groundwork for a r.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index
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