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Storming Caesars Palace how Black mothers fought their own war on poverty / Annelise Orleck.
| Author/creator | Orleck, Annelise |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Beacon Press, |
| Description | 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Contents | From the cotton fields to the desert sands : living and leaving the delta life -- "The Mississippi of the west" : Jim Crow in Sin City -- "Bad luck and lousy people" : Black single mothers and the war on poverty -- "If it wasn't for you, I'd have shoes for my children" : welfare rights come to Las Vegas -- Storming Caesars Palace : poverty and power in Las Vegas -- Dragging Nevada kicking and screaming into the twentieth century -- "We can do it and do it better" : reshaping a community from the bottom up -- Can welfare mothers do community economic development? : the trials and triumphs of Operation Life -- Maybe we were fighting history : the legacy of Operation Life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-352) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005000652 |
| ISBN | 0807050326 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |