New Orleans after the promises : poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / Kent B. Germany.

Author/creator Germany, Kent B., 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoAthens : University of Georgia Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxii, 460 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights. --Louisiana. --New Orleans. --History. --20th century.
Poverty--Louisiana. --New Orleans. --History. --20th century.
Citizenship--Louisiana. --New Orleans. --History. --20th century.
Political participation--Louisiana. --New Orleans. --History. --20th century.
Liberalism--Louisiana. --New Orleans. --History. --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.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-429) and index.
LCCN 2006031009
ISBN9780820325439 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820329000 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820325439
ISBN9780820329000