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A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia
Contributor(s): Levenstein, Lisa (Author)

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 ISBN: 0807871648     ISBN-13: 9780807871645
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
OUR PRICE: $35.63  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 305.488
LCCN: 2008041130
Series: The John Hope Franklin African American History and Culture
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.24" L (1.03 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Topical - Black History
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
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Publisher Description:
Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services. With these resources came new constraints, as public officials frequently responded to women's efforts by limiting benefits and attempting to control their personal lives. Scathing public narratives about women's "dependency" and their children's "illegitimacy" placed African American women and public institutions at the center of the growing opposition to black migration and civil rights in northern U.S. cities. Countering stereotypes that have long plagued public debate, Levenstein offers a new paradigm for understanding postwar U.S. history.


Contributor Bio(s): Levenstein, Lisa: - Lisa Levenstein is assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
 
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