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OverviewHow the suburbs can give rise to campaigns for progressive change Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher NiedtPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9781439910504ISBN 10: 1439910502 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 07 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction Christopher Niedt PART I Race, Class, and Exclusion in the Twenty-First Century 2 Twenty-First-Century Suburban Demography: Increasing Diversity Yet Lingering Exclusion Nancy A. Denton and Joseph R. Gibbons 3 The Suburban Geography of Moral Panic: Low-Income Housing and the Revanchist Fringe L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Casey Gallagher 4 Protest on the Astroturf at Downtown Silver Spring: July 4, 2007 June Williamson PART II Revealing Activist Histories 5 “In the Spirit of Equality”: Conflict, Dissonance, and the Potential for Transformative Educational Change Anne Galletta 6 Not Quite Suburban: Progressive Activism in Postwar Chicago Robert Gioielli 7 Fringe Politics: Suburban Expansion and the Mexican American Struggle for Alviso, California Aaron Cavin Part III Sustaining Social Justice in the Diverse Suburb 8 Maywood, Not Mayberry: Latinos and Suburbia in Los Angeles County Manuel Pastor 9 Black, Brown, White, and Green: Race, Land Use, and Environmental Politics in a Changing Richmond Alex Schafran and Lisa M. Feldstein 10 Public Archaeology and Sense of Place in Alexandria, Virginia: An Exploration of the Changing Significance of Fort Ward Park Douglas R. Appler 11 First Suburbs and Nonprofit Housing: How Do Urban CDCs Develop Affordable Housing in Suburban Communities? JoAnna Mitchell-Brown 12 The Future of Fair Housing in a Diverse Suburbia john a. powell and Jason Reece References Contributors IndexReviews[A] comprehensive multidisciplinary view of modern suburbs in America. Christopher Niedt has assembled essays from historians, social psychologists, sociologists, and demographers, in order to investigate how political and social action arises and is organized in suburban locations. From issues of suburban space use to immigrant incorporation, the authors use both historic and contemporary examples to outline how residents unite to address distinct issues faced by suburbanites... This collection of essays will be of particular interest to researchers in the fields of urban studies and spatial demography, as many focus on the particular use of space within suburban environments, as well as the distinctions which set suburbs apart from cities as a unique spatial environment. - Contemporary Sociology """[A] comprehensive multidisciplinary view of modern suburbs in America. Christopher Niedt has assembled essays from historians, social psychologists, sociologists, and demographers, in order to investigate how political and social action arises and is organized in suburban locations. From issues of suburban space use to immigrant incorporation, the authors use both historic and contemporary examples to outline how residents unite to address distinct issues faced by suburbanites... This collection of essays will be of particular interest to researchers in the fields of urban studies and spatial demography, as many focus on the particular use of space within suburban environments, as well as the distinctions which set suburbs apart from cities as a unique spatial environment."" - Contemporary Sociology" Author InformationChristopher Niedt is Academic Director for the National Center for Suburban Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hofstra University. He is co-editor (with Marc Silver) of Forging a New Housing Policy: Opportunity in the Wake of Crisis. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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