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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Robert ReedPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780253356529ISBN 10: 0253356520 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 05 October 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback 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 ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Impact of the Great Depression 2. The Ineffectiveness of Conventional Politics 3. Protest Activism in the Streets 4. Protest Activism Across the Spectrum: Militant to Radical 5. Organized Non-economic Civil Rights Activities 6. Cultural Stirrings and Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsTouches on themes that are compelling for their relevance nearly a century later. The story of economic downturn and its effects - homelessness, joblessness, corruption - are clearly issues of great interest today. Kim Butler, Rutgers University Touches on themes that are compelling for their relevance nearly a century later. The story of economic downturn and its effects - homelessness, joblessness, corruption - are clearly issues of great interest today. Kim Butler, Rutgers University Touches on themes that are compelling for their relevance nearly a century later. The story of economic downturn and its effects-homelessness, joblessness, corruption-are clearly issues of great interest today. -Kim Butler, Rutgers University The Depression Comes to the South Side will be a useful study for experts seeking to fill in gaps in familiar narratives, as well as for undergraduate and graduate students looking for an initial guide to the most important events, individuals, and organizations of the years before the New Deal and the Popular Front. Perhaps the greatest importance of Reed's most recent book is that it advances his longue duree narrative of black Chicago's political history. Reed models a way to incorporate microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago. -Journal of American Studies Reed offers a summary of the impact of the Depression on Chicago's South Side in the few years prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election, and before the New Deal began to ease the suffering of the city's African American population. -American Historical Review In demonstrating [Chicago African American's] restlessness and frustration with traditional tools for advancement, Christopher Reed's The Depression Comes to the South Side... [begins] to show us how and why African Americans decided to change their political fate. -JOURNAL of ILLINOIS HISTORY Author InformationChristopher Robert Reed is Professor Emeritus of History at Roosevelt University in Chicago and author of The Emergence of the Black Metropolis, 1910–1933; Black Chicago's First Century, 1833–1900; All the World Is Here: The Black Presence at White City (IUP, 2000); and The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership (IUP, 1997). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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