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The politics of public housing

by Williams, Rhonda Y.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Transgressing boundaries Published by : Oxford University Press, (New York :) Physical details: xiii, 306 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Poor women -- Maryland -- Baltimore. | Poor women -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Political activity. | African American women -- Maryland -- Baltimore. | Welfare recipients -- Maryland -- Baltimore. | Women heads of households -- Maryland -- Baltimore. | Low-income housing -- Maryland -- Baltimore. | Public welfare -- Maryland -- Baltimore. | Electronic books.
Year: 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.

Creating "a little heaven for poor people": decent housing and respectable communities -- "A woman can understand": dissidence in 1940s' public housing -- Shifting landscapes in postwar Baltimore -- "When then came the change": the fight against disrepute -- "An awakening giant": the search for poor people's political power -- "Sunlight at early dawn": economic struggles, public housing and welfare rights.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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