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The vital issue facing urban America during the 1960's--the downward spiral of poverty, deterioration, and exploitation in poor neighborhoods--was attacked by The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) in Chicago. John Hall Fish, an active participant in TWO, tells the story of one of the most exciting, controversial, and significant experiments in community



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Table of Contents, pg. vii*LIST OF TABLES, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER I .The Struggle Is Conflict: The Origins of TWO, pg. 12*CHAPTER II. The Uses of Conflict: TWO as a Spokesman Organization, pg. 65*CHAPTER III. The Limits of Conflict: TWO, the Blackstone Rangers, and Mayor Daley, pg. 115*CHAPTER IV. The Attempt to Control: TWO and the Public Schools, pg. 175*CHAPTER V. The Limits of Control: TWO and Model Cities, pg. 235*CHAPTER VI. The Struggle Is Survival: TWO Hangs On, pg. 284*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 332*INDEX, pg. 349

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691618869, 978-0691618869
      ISBN10: 0691618860
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The vital issue facing urban America during the 1960's--the downward spiral of poverty, deterioration, and exploitation in poor neighborhoods--was attacked by The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) in Chicago. John Hall Fish, an active participant in TWO, tells the story of one of the most exciting, controversial, and significant experiments in community



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Table of Contents, pg. vii*LIST OF TABLES, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER I .The Struggle Is Conflict: The Origins of TWO, pg. 12*CHAPTER II. The Uses of Conflict: TWO as a Spokesman Organization, pg. 65*CHAPTER III. The Limits of Conflict: TWO, the Blackstone Rangers, and Mayor Daley, pg. 115*CHAPTER IV. The Attempt to Control: TWO and the Public Schools, pg. 175*CHAPTER V. The Limits of Control: TWO and Model Cities, pg. 235*CHAPTER VI. The Struggle Is Survival: TWO Hangs On, pg. 284*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 332*INDEX, pg. 349

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