Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor

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Illustrated
2016
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Shantytowns once occupied a central place in America's urban landscape. Lisa Goff shows how these resourceful dwellings were not merely the byproducts of hardship but potent assertions of self-reliance. Their legacy is felt in sites of political activism, from campus shanties protesting apartheid to the tent cities of Occupy Wall Street.

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Shantytowns once occupied a central place in America's urban landscape. Lisa Goff shows how these resourceful dwellings were not merely the byproducts of hardship but potent assertions of self-reliance. Their legacy is felt in sites of political activism, from campus shanties protesting apartheid to the tent cities of Occupy Wall Street.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 19 Apr 2016
ISBN 10: 0674660455
ISBN 13: 9780674660458

Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor

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