| Description |
xvi, 146 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Comparative urban and community research, 0892-5569 ; v. 5 |
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Comparative urban and community research,
0892-5569 ; v. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Social Construction of Marginal Spaces / Michael Peter Smith -- 1. "House People, Not Cars!": Economic Development, Political Struggle, and Common Sense in a City of Intellect / Corey Dolgon, Michael Kline and Laura Dresser -- 2. Tranquility City: Self-Organization, Protest, and Collective Gains within a Chicago Homeless Encampment / Talmadge Wright -- 3. Private Redevelopment and the Changing Forms of Displacement in the East Village of New York / Christopher Mele -- 4. Resisting Racially Gendered Space: The Women of the St. Thomas Resident Council, New Orleans / Alma H. Young and Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers -- 5. Mixtecs and Mestizos in California Agriculture: Ethnic Displacement and Hierarchy among Mexican Farm Workers / Carol Zabin. |
| Subject |
Community development, Urban -- United States -- Case studies.
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Urban poor -- Political activity -- United States -- Case studies.
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Marginality, Social -- United States -- Case studies.
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Land use, Urban -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Michael P.
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| ISBN |
1560008121 alkaline paper |
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9781560008125 alkaline paper |
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