Germany, Kent B., 1971-

New Orleans after the promises poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / [electronic resource] : Kent B. Germany. - Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007. - xii, 460 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Something new for the South? -- A European-African-Caribbean-American-Southern city -- Establishing the early war on poverty -- Building community action -- Challenging the establishment and the color line -- Making better and happier citizens -- Defusing the southern powder keg -- Making workers and jobs -- Making groceries -- Making a model New Orleans -- The thugs united and the politics of manhood -- Women, welfare, and political mobilization -- Acronyms, liberalism, and electoral politics, 1969-1971 -- Panthers, snipers, and the limits of liberalism -- Conclusion: Prelude to Katrina.


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African Americans--Civil rights--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Poverty--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Citizenship--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Political participation--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Liberalism--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.


New Orleans (La.)--Politics and government--20th century.
New Orleans (La.)--Social policy.
New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

F379.N557 / G47 2007eb

976.3/35064