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Author Wilson, Bobby M., 1947-

Title Race and place in Birmingham : the civil rights and neighborhood movements / Bobby M. Wilson
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]
©2000

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 MELB  305.8 Wil/Rap  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Postmodernity and Identity Politics -- Ch. 2. The Modernist Cultural Form -- Ch. 3. Birmingham: The South's Modern City -- Ch. 4. Restructuring the Black Community -- Ch. 5. The Rise of Modern Mass Consumption and the Fall of Class -- Ch. 6. Postmodernity and Black Identity -- Ch. 7. White Resistance -- Ch. 8. The Battle for Birmingham -- Ch. 9. The Southern Shift to Fordism: Leverage for Civil Rights -- Ch. 10. The Keynesian Welfare Regime and the New Social Policy -- Ch. 11. The Coming of Post-Fordism -- Ch. 12. The Racialized Order of Post-Fordism -- Ch. 13. The Decline of the Keynesian Welfare State -- Ch. 14. Neighborhood Empowerment: The Politics of Place -- Ch. 15. Beyond the Postmodern Politics of Identity and Difference
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-255) and index
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Community development -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Community organization -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Birmingham (Ala.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79042167 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
Birmingham (Ala.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79042167 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
LC no. 99014833
ISBN 0847694828 (alk. paper)
0847694836 (paperback: alk. paper)