A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia /

A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Levenstein, Lisa, author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subject:	African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century. Poor women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century. African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 20th century. African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography. African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. Poverty -- Political aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century. Urban policy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century. African American women. African American women -- Social conditions. African Americans -- Economic conditions. Politics and government. Poor women. Poverty -- Political aspects. Race relations. Social conditions. Urban policy. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Electronic books. Biographies. History Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197334

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ISBN:	9780807889985 0807889989 9780807832721 0807832723 9780807859421 0807859427 9781469605883 1469605880 0807871648 9780807871645 0807871648 9780807871645
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-284) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	In this bold interpretation of U.S. history, Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services. Levenstein uncovers the constraints that led women to public institutions, emphasizin.
Other form:	Print version: Levenstein, Lisa. Movement without marches. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009 9780807832721 0807832723
Standard no.:	9780807871645