More Than Shelter: Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing

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In the popular imagination, public housing tenants are considered, at best, victims of intractable poverty and, at worst, criminals. More Than Shelter makes clear that such limited perspectives do not capture the rich reality of tenants' active engagement in shaping public housing into communities. By looking closely at three public housing projects in San Francisco, Amy L. Howard brings to light the dramatic measures tenants have taken to create--and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816665826

ISBN13:9780816665822

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.4"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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