Battle for Bed-Stuy : the long war on poverty in New York City /

Battle for Bed-Stuy : the long war on poverty in New York City /

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"Battle for Bed-Stuy is about an unlikely alliance that changed the shape of urban policy in the United States. The book reinterprets Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty from the ground up and shows how Johnson's "unconditional" crusade, launched in 1964, grew out of the rich ex...

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Main Author: Woodsworth, Michael, 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Urban policy > New York (State) > New York.
Poverty > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government > 20th century.
African American women > Political activity > New York (State) > New York.
African American women > Political activity.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Economic history.
Poverty > Political aspects.
Urban policy.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bedford-Stuyvesant.
History.

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