A people's history of the new Boston
By: Jim Vrabel
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781625340764; 9781625340757
Subjects: History; Social conditions; Social change; Community life; Urban renewal
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The old Boston and the new Boston; title: To hell with urban renewal; title: Community organizers and advocacy planners; title: A rekindled civil rights movement; title: From school reform to desegregation; title: The conflict over the Vietnam conflict; title: The media and the protest movements; title: Mothers for adequate welfare; title: The illusion of inclusion and assault by acronyms; title: A new threat from newcomers; gentrification; title: Do-it-yourself community development corporations; title: Public housing on trial; title: The tenants' movement and rent control; title: People before highways; title: The mothers of Maverick Street; title: Shadow boxing in the public garden; title: Boston jobs for Boston residents; title: The battle over busing; title: Fighting for a fair share; title: A downturn in activism; title: Back to the neighborhoods; title: Boston today.