Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City - The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer

Zusammenfassung From his role as FDR's 'negro advisor' to his appointment under LBJ as the first secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Robert Clifton Weaver was one of the most influential domestic policy makers and civil rights advocates. This biography presents the story of a man whose legacy impacts American race relations.

Product details

• Authors: Wendell E. Pritchett, Pritchett Wendell E.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780226684482
• ISBN: 978-0-226-68448-2
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Urban & municipal planning, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional