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The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society
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David T Beito, Alexander Tabarrok (Editor), Deborah Gordon, M.D. (Editor)
Challenges the orthodoxy that insists government alone can improve community life
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Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power
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David T Beito, Linda Royster Beito
In whatever role he chose - civil rights leader, wealthy entrepreneur, or unconventional surgeon - Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard (1908-76) was always close to controversy. One of the leading renaissance men of twentieth century black history, Howard successfully organized a grassroots boycott against Jim Crow in the 1950s. Well known for his ...
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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967
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Apart from churches, more Americans belonged to fraternal societies than any other kind of voluntary organization. This book explores the history and cultural significance of these organizations, arguing that changing cultural attitudes and an expanding welfare state propelled their decline.
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The Voluntary City: Markets, Communities and Urban Planning
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"The Voluntary City" assembles a rich history and analysis of large-scale, private and voluntary, community-based provision of social services, urban infrastructure, and community governance to restore the vitality of city life. Such systems provide education, transportation, housing, crime control, parks and recreation, health care, employment, ...
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