Uptown; poor whites in Chicago
[1st ed.]
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Author
Contributions
- Hollander, Nanci, joint author. - Contributor
Publication
1970 - Harper & Row, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
108,750 words, Guess
Page Count
435 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5683707M
- OCLC Control Number96088
- Library of Congress Control Number69015309
- LibraryThing2078032
Classifications
- DDC362.5/09773/11
- LCCHV4046.C36 G53
Description
Explores the area just off Chicago's Gold Coast, where live poor whites from Appalachia and the South. Describes the organization of a neighborhood group--JOIN--to fight gouging by landlords and merchants, the atrocities of the welfare system, the callousness of the local hospitals, and especially the brutality and corruption of Chicago police.
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