A people's history of the new Boston [electronic resource] / Jim Vrabel.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9781613763018
- 1613763018
- 974.4/61043 23
- F73.52 .V73 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The old Boston and the new Boston -- To hell with urban renewal -- Community organizers and advocacy planners -- A rekindled civil rights movement -- From school reform to desegregation -- The conflict over the Vietnam conflict -- The media and the protest movements -- Mothers for adequate welfare -- The illusion of inclusion and assault by acronyms -- A new threat from newcomers; gentrification -- Do-it-yourself community development corporations -- Public housing on trial -- The tenants' movement and rent control -- People before highways -- The mothers of Maverick Street -- Shadow boxing in the public garden -- Boston jobs for Boston residents -- The battle over busing -- Fighting for a fair share -- A downturn in activism -- Back to the neighborhoods -- Boston today.
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