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020			_a9781139567572 (ebook)
020			_z9781107036352 (hardback)
020			_z9781107554849 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHD8079.M55 _bF87 2013
082	0	0	_a322/.2097759509044 _223
100	1		_aFure-Slocum, Eric, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aContesting the Postwar City : _bWorking-Class and Growth Politics in 1940s Milwaukee / _cEric Fure-Slocum.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (412 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aFocusing on mid-century Milwaukee, Eric Fure-Slocum charts the remaking of political culture in the industrial city. Professor Fure-Slocum shows how two contending visions of the 1940s city - working-class politics and growth politics - fit together uneasily and were transformed amid a series of social and policy clashes. Contests that pitted the principles of democratic access and distribution against efficiency and productivity included the hard-fought politics of housing and redevelopment, controversies over petty gambling, questions about the role of organized labor in urban life, and battles over municipal fiscal policy and autonomy. These episodes occurred during a time of rapid change in the city's working class, as African-American workers arrived to seek jobs, women temporarily advanced in workplaces, and labor unions grew. At the same time, businesses and property owners sought to re-establish legitimacy in the changing landscape. This study examines these local conflicts, showing how they forged the postwar city and laid a foundation for the neoliberal city.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107036352
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567572
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37726 _d37726