Williams, Rhonda Y.
The politics of public housing Black women's struggles against urban inequality / [electronic resource] : by Rhonda Y. Williams. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xiii, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Transgressing boundaries . - Transgressing boundaries. .
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,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Poor women--Maryland--Baltimore.
Poor women--Political activity.--Maryland--Baltimore
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.
HV1447.B25 / M55 2004eb
305.48/896073075271
The politics of public housing Black women's struggles against urban inequality / [electronic resource] : by Rhonda Y. Williams. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xiii, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Transgressing boundaries . - Transgressing boundaries. .
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,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Poor women--Maryland--Baltimore.
Poor women--Political activity.--Maryland--Baltimore
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.
HV1447.B25 / M55 2004eb
305.48/896073075271