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A Match on Dry Grass

Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform
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Paperback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199793587ISBN10: 0199793581 Based on a comprehensive national study, the book presents richly detailed case studies of six prominent efforts by organizing groups working to transform their schools.
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A Match on Dry Grass

Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform
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Hardback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199793594ISBN10: 019979359X Based on a comprehensive national study, the book presents richly detailed case studies of six prominent efforts by organizing groups working to transform their schools.
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Independent Cities

Rethinking U.S. Urban Policy
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Paperback Dec 1997 ISBN13: 9780195108309ISBN10: 0195108302
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The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning

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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780195374995ISBN10: 0195374991 An authoritative volume on planning, a long-established professional social science discipline in the U.S. and throughout the world

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The Politics of Public Housing

Black Women's Struggles Against Urban Inequality
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Paperback Nov 2005 ISBN13: 9780195306514ISBN10: 0195306511 In this collective biography, Rhonda Y. Williams takes us behind, and beyond, politically expedient labels to provide an incisive and intimate portrait of poor black women in urban America.
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The Politics of Public Housing

Black Women's Struggles against Urban Inequality
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Hardback Aug 2004 ISBN13: 9780195158908ISBN10: 0195158903 In this collective biography, Rhonda Y. Williams takes us behind, and beyond, politically expedient labels to provide an incisive and intimate portrait of poor black women in urban America.
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Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship

The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life
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Hardback Apr 2010 ISBN13: 9780195369434ISBN10: 0195369432 The most comprehensive work in print on the subject offering an empirically rigorous critique of the most popular form of living in America today
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Naked City

The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
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Paperback Apr 2011 ISBN13: 9780199794461ISBN10: 0199794464 A highly original account of gentrification in New York City, filled with insightful portraits of key neighborhoods and how they are changing on the ground
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Naked City

The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
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Hardback Nov 2009 ISBN13: 9780195382853ISBN10: 0195382854 A highly original account of gentrification in New York City, filled with insightful portraits of key neighborhoods and how they are changing on the ground
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Moving to Opportunity

The Story of an American Experiment to Fight Ghetto Poverty
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Paperback Mar 2010 ISBN13: 9780195392845ISBN10: 0195392841 Provides a unique account of one of the largest housing experiments in history and its effects on lives of the children and families who participated
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