The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521596862)

This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition. Through the inspirational voices of the activists, Roberta Feldman and Susan Stall challenge portrayals of public housing residents as passive and alienated victims of despair.

Author: Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall
ISBN-10: 0521596866
ISBN-13: 9780521596862
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2006
Pages: 410
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.34w x 0.99d