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Hunter, Marcus Anthony.

Black citymakers : how the Philadelphia negro changed urban America / Marcus Anthony Hunter. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - xv, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-276) and index.

If these row homes could talk: W.E.B. DuBois, the Philadelphia Negro, and political agency -- A tale of two banks: economic collapse and neighborhood change -- The night the roof caved in: tragedy in the Black seventh ward and the rise of racialized public housing -- Philadelphia's Mason-Dixon line: urban renewal and the crosstown expressway battle -- Philadelphia's Black Belt: post-civil rights Philadelphia, Black politics, and urban change -- Flash (mobs) forward: Black citymakers and urban change.

ISBN: 9780190249670

LCCN: 2012027021

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African Americans--Politics and government.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African Americans--Social conditions.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Urban policy--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Urban policy--History--United States--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

LC Class. No.: F158.9.N4 / H86 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896 HUN