You can't eat freedom :: southerners and social justice after the Civil Rights Movement /

Focusing on the plantation regions of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Greta de Jong analyzes how social justice activists responded to mass unemployment by lobbying political leaders, initiating anti-poverty projects, and forming cooperative enterprises that fostered economic and political auto...

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1. Verfasser: De Jong, Greta (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:Focusing on the plantation regions of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Greta de Jong analyzes how social justice activists responded to mass unemployment by lobbying political leaders, initiating anti-poverty projects, and forming cooperative enterprises that fostered economic and political autonomy, efforts that encountered strong opposition from free market proponents who opposed government action.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 305 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.
ISBN:9781469629322
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