Practicing community
Subtitle: class culture and power in an urban neighborhood
By: Rhoda H. Halperin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Community life -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.; Community development -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Citizen participation.; Working class -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.; East End (Cincinnati, Ohio) -- Social conditions.; Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-337) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Guideposts; title: Community in practice; title: Being a real East Ender : families and their histories; title: East End textures : hidden dimensions of being a real East Ender; title: Fieldwork at home : the East End Study Project; title: The cultural economy of the East End; title: Community planning : East Enders' perspectives; title: Health, culture, and practicing community; title: Contested territory : the struggle for affordable housing in the East End; title: The heritage center comes of age : persistent leadership, struggles, and dreams; title: Local colonialism and the politics of factionalism; title: The flood of '97; title: Practicing community, culture, and class.