Thad Williamson: 3 books
by Brandon Terry, Joshua Cohen, Barbara Ransby
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Martin Luther King's legacy for today's activists, fifty years after his death.
Since his death on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King's legacy has influenced generations of activism. Edited and with a lead essay by Brandon Terry, this volumeexplores what this legacy can and cannot do for activism...
Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship
The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks-Americans by the scores of millions have willingly moved into sprawling...
Making a Place for Community
Local Democracy in a Global Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
When pundits refer to the death of community, they are speaking of a number of social ills, which include, but are not limited to, the general increase in isolation and cynicism of our citizens, widespread concerns about declining political participation and membership in civic organizations, and...