Title A people's history of the new Boston / Jim Vrabel.

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Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]

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Description	1 online resource
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The old Boston and the new Boston -- To hell with urban renewal -- Community organizers and advocacy planners -- A rekindled civil rights movement -- From school reform to desegregation -- The conflict over the Vietnam conflict -- The media and the protest movements -- Mothers for adequate welfare -- The illusion of inclusion and assault by acronyms -- A new threat from newcomers; gentrification -- Do-it-yourself community development corporations -- Public housing on trial -- The tenants' movement and rent control -- People before highways -- The mothers of Maverick Street -- Shadow boxing in the public garden -- Boston jobs for Boston residents -- The battle over busing -- Fighting for a fair share -- A downturn in activism -- Back to the neighborhoods -- Boston today.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century.
	Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
	Community life -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
	Social change -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
	Community life. (OCoLC)fst00871028
	Social change. (OCoLC)fst01122310
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Urban renewal. (OCoLC)fst01162536
	Massachusetts -- Boston. (OCoLC)fst01205012
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic book.
Other Form:	Print version: Vrabel, Jim. People's history of the new Boston. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014] (DLC) 2014008143
ISBN	9781613763018 (electronic bk.)
	1613763018 (electronic bk.)

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