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Back of the yards : the making of a local democracy /

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Main Author: Slayton, Robert A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1986.
Subjects and Genres:
Community organization > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Packing-house workers > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Neighborhoods > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Organisation communautaire > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
Conserveries de viande > Personnel > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
Community organization.
Neighborhoods.
Packing-house workers.
Organisation communautaire > États-Unis > Illinois > Chicago > Cas, études de.
Viande > Industrie et commerce > États-Unis > Illinois > Chicago > Cas, études de.
Quartiers (urbanisme) > États-Unis > Illinois > Chicago > Cas, études de.
Illinois > Chicago.
Illinois > Chicago > Back of the Yards > Local communities, to 1950
Case studies.
Drama.
Études de cas.
Théâtre.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the making of a community
  • The world the meat-packers made
  • Stages in life's way: youth
  • Arenas of life: women and the household
  • Arenas of life: men and the workplace
  • The creation of a social order: the segmented group
  • The creation of a social order: the nationalist enclave
  • Spheres of power: politics
  • Spheres of power: the University of Chicago Settlement House
  • The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
  • Democracy realized
  • Conclusion: our own destiny.

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