Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor

Shantytowns once occupied a central place in America's urban landscape. Lisa Goff shows how these resourceful dwellings were not merely the byproducts of hardship but potent assertions of self-reliance. Their legacy is felt in sites of political activism, from campus shanties protesting aparthe...

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Main Author: Goff, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2016]
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Summary:Shantytowns once occupied a central place in America's urban landscape. Lisa Goff shows how these resourceful dwellings were not merely the byproducts of hardship but potent assertions of self-reliance. Their legacy is felt in sites of political activism, from campus shanties protesting apartheid to the tent cities of Occupy Wall Street
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (320 Seiten) 21 halftones
ISBN:9780674968967
DOI:10.4159/9780674968967

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