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Chicago's Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Amanda I. Seligman
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Description for Chicago's Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
What do you do if your alley is strewn with garbage after the sanitation truck comes through? Or if you're tired of the rowdy teenagers next door keeping you up all night? Is there a vacant lot on your block accumulating weeds, needles, and litter? For a century, Chicagoans have joined block clubs to address problems like these that make daily life in the city a nuisance. When neighbors work together in block clubs, playgrounds get built, local crime is monitored, streets are cleaned up, and every summer is marked by the festivities of day-long block parties. In Chicago's Block ... Read more
What do you do if your alley is strewn with garbage after the sanitation truck comes through? Or if you're tired of the rowdy teenagers next door keeping you up all night? Is there a vacant lot on your block accumulating weeds, needles, and litter? For a century, Chicagoans have joined block clubs to address problems like these that make daily life in the city a nuisance. When neighbors work together in block clubs, playgrounds get built, local crime is monitored, streets are cleaned up, and every summer is marked by the festivities of day-long block parties. In Chicago's Block ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226385853
SKU
V9780226385853
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About Amanda I. Seligman
Amanda I. Seligman is professor of history and urban studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She is the author of Block by Block: Neighborhoods and Public Policy on Chicago's West Side and is an editor of the Historical Studies of Urban America series.
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