Seeds of change : the story of ACORN, America's most controversial antipoverty community organizing group
Record details
- ISBN: 9780826517067
- ISBN: 9780826517050
- ISBN: 0826517064
- ISBN: 0826517056
- ISBN: 9780826517074
- ISBN: 0826517072
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 336 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Nashville, TN : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Wade Rathke and the roots of ACORN -- 2: Stepping onto a larger stage -- 3: ACORN's Model T -- 4: Innovation of electoral politics -- 5: Organizing a union in the hood -- 6: Partnering with the enemy -- 7: Urban homesteading -- 8: Political ground shifts --9: New York: A new model -- 10: Living wage -- 11: Never borrow money needlessly: ACORN and the subprime crisis -- 12: ACORN's family party -- 13: Atlantic yards, the nets, and the battle of Brooklyn -- 14: Then, overnight, it is washed away -- 15: Rich Gumbo -- 16: Right to Vote -- 17: Growing pains -- 18: Prostitute and the assault -- Epilogue: Progressive social movement -- Appendix A: Finding and developing leaders -- Appendix B: Running voter-registration campaigns -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |