| Back of the Yards: The Making of a Local Democracy Contributor(s): Slayton, Robert A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226761991 ISBN-13: 9780226761992 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1988 Annotation: "Robert A. Slayton's "Back of the Yards" is one of the finest accounts I have ever read on an urban, working-class neighborhood in twentieth-century America. Its focus on family, politics, and worklife is penetrating and its conclusions reinforce an emerging scholarly picture of ordinary people exercising unique forms of power."--John Bodnar, author of "The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | American Government - Local |
| Dewey: 307.14 |
| LCCN: 85016518 |
| Series: Making of a Local Democracy |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.96" W x 9.1" (1.01 lbs) 291 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert A. Slayton's Back of the Yards is one of the finest accounts I have ever read on an urban, working-class neighborhood in twentieth-century America. Its focus on family, politics, and worklife is penetrating and its conclusions reinforce an emerging scholarly picture of ordinary people exercising unique forms of power.--John Bodnar, author of The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America |