In this book, the author looks at an important phenomenon of the sixties--the resurgence of community activism--and explains its resources, challenges, and failure.
Table of Contents
Personal Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part One: American Patterns of Urbanism and Class 2. Community, Capitalist Development, and the Emergence of Class 3. City Trenches 4. The Making of Northern Manhattan Part Two: The Crisis of the City 5. Remaking of Northern Manhattan 6. Assaults on the Trenches 7. Innovation and Reform, 1969-1974 Part Three: Conclusion 8. Social Theory, Urban Movements, and Social Change Appendix: Methodological Notes Notes Index
