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1  Pages from a Black Radical’s Notebook

Pages from a Black Radical’s Notebook
A James Boggs Reader

Edited by Stephen M. Ward
Published 2011
$27.95s (Paper) - 9780814332566

Collects nearly four decades’ worth of writings by Detroit political and labor activist James Boggs.
2  Reimagining Detroit

Reimagining Detroit
Opportunities for Redefining an American City

John Gallagher
Published 2010
$19.95t (Paper) - 9780814334690

Suggests ways for Detroit to become a smaller but better city in the twenty first century and proposes productive uses for the city’s vacant spaces.
3 The Practical Utopians

The Practical Utopians
American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age

By Steve Leikin
Published 2005
$44.95s (Cloth) - 9780814331286

An exploration of the ideological conflicts and practical experiences of late-nineteenth-century American workers who pursued "cooperation" as an alternative to "competitive" capitalism.
4 A Wobbly Life

A Wobbly Life
IWW Organizer E. F. Doree

By Ellen Doree Rosen
Introduction by Melvyn Dubofsky
Published 2004
$36.95s (Paper) - 9780814332030

Through personal letters and narrative, A Wobbly Life details the life, imprisonment, and eventual freedom of one of the last and most important Industrial Workers of the World voices.
5  Critical Evaluations of Economic Development Policies

Critical Evaluations of Economic Development Policies
Edited by Laura A. Reese and David Fasenfest
Published 2004
$47.95s (Cloth) - 9780814329009

This ground-breaking text offers alternative models for critical evaluation of the values behind and the success of local-level economic development policies.
6  Community-Based Organizations

Community-Based Organizations
The Intersection of Social Capital and Local Context in Contemporary Urban Society

Edited by Robert Mark Silverman
Published 2004
$36.95s (Paper) - 9780814331576

A critical examination of the social capital debate, which establishes a foundation for progressive reform in community development practice and local government.
7  Civic Culture and Urban Change

Civic Culture and Urban Change
Governing Dallas

By Royce Hanson
Published 2003
$41.95s (Cloth) - 9780814330807

A study of how civic culture shaped policy responses to the demographic and economic transformations of Dallas, Texas.
8  My World Is Gone

My World Is Gone
Memories of Life in a Southern Cotton Mill Town

By George G. Suggs, Jr.
Published 2002
$41.95s (Cloth) - 9780814330357

In this firsthand account of his native Bladenboro, North Carolina, George G. Suggs, Jr., captures in rich detail the world of a thriving cotton mill town where the company was dominant but workers had forged a strong community.
9  When Corporations Leave Town

When Corporations Leave Town
The Costs and Benefits of Metropolitan Job Sprawl

By Joseph Persky and Wim Wiewel
Published 2000
$44.95s (Cloth) - 9780814329078
$22.95t (Paper) - 9780814329085

When Corporations Leave Town presents new and challenging arguments and solutions surrounding the current political debates about deconcentration.
10  Which Direction for Organized Labor?

Which Direction for Organized Labor?
Essays on Organizing, Outreach, and Internal Transformations

Edited by Bruce Nissen
Published 1998
$31.95s (Paper) - 9780814327791

It analyzes the overall state of organized labor and examines the direction it should take in rebuilding its strength and influence

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