TY - BOOK AU - Germany,Kent B. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - New Orleans after the promises: poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society AV - F379.N557 G47 2007eb U1 - 976.3/35064 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Athens, Ga. PB - University of Georgia Press KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - Louisiana KW - New Orleans KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Poverty KW - Citizenship KW - Political participation KW - Liberalism KW - New Orleans (La.) KW - Politics and government KW - Social policy KW - Economic conditions KW - Race relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10493767 ER -