When tenants claimed the city : the struggle for citizenship in New York City housing /

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Author / Creator:	Gold, Roberta, author.
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 330 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Women in American History Women in American history.
Subject:	Minorities -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Minorities -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Landlord and tenant -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Housing. Landlord and tenant. Minorities -- Housing. Minorities -- Social conditions. New York (State) -- New York. Electronic books. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11276030

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ISBN:	9780252095986 0252095987 1306980992 9781306980999 9780252038181 0252038185
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	In postwar America, not everyone wanted to move out of the city and into the suburbs. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. After the war, tenant activists raised the stakes by challenging the newly-dominant ideal of homeownership in racially segregated suburbs. They insisted that renters as well as owners had rights to stable, well-maintained homes, and they proposed that racially diverse urban communities held a right to remain in place. Further, the activists asserted that women could participate fully in the political arenas where these matters were decided. This work shows that New York City's tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, both ideologically and legally, to homeownership in postwar America.
Other form:	Print version: Gold, Roberta. When tenants claimed the city 9780252038181

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