Urban Renewal or Urban Removal? A Grassroots Look a Chicago's Land Grabs and the Struggle for Home and Community
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ISBN / ASIN0988508109
ISBN-139780988508101
Sales Rank2,011,006
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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A Grassroots Look at Chicago's Land Grabs and the Struggle for Home and Community
WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN URUR?: (Gr. 8 to Grad Level)
*In-depth chronological coverage of the Chicago area from the 1700s to 2012
*Six main parts, including the Community Appendix
*10+ primary sources such as official letters, organizing pamphlets, leaflets, brochures, and more
*Historical analysis of Chicago's land, housing, and development patterns including public housing
*Multicultural-based histories of working and lower-income communities and people of color
*Contributions from local community (s)heroes in various struggles for dignity and justice.
*Original and historic photographs, artwork, maps, charts, and other visuals
*Excerpts from interviews, articles, studies, summaries, speeches, papers, poetry, lyrics and others
*FREE mixed hiphop music CD (the URUR Mixtape)
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