No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland - Softcover

Rhomberg, Chris

 
9780520251663: No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520251660 ISBN 13: 9780520251663
Publisher: University of California Press, 2007

Synopsis

Challenged by Ku Klux Klan action in the '20s, labor protests culminating in a general strike in the '40s, and the rise of the civil rights and black power struggles of the '60s, Oakland, California, seems to encapsulate in one city the broad and varied sweep of urban social movements in twentieth-century America. Taking Oakland as a case study of urban politics and society in the United States, Chris Rhomberg examines the city's successive episodes of popular insurgency for what they can tell us about critical discontinuities in the American experience of urban political community.

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About the Author

Chris Rhomberg is Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University.

From the Back Cover

"This sophisticated account of a remarkable city's coalitions and conflicts over half a century is an outstanding contribution to urban history and political analysis. Clearly written and amply supplied with good stories, the book will interest students of urban history, social movements, and American political change."--Charles Tilly, author of Durable Inequality

"An altogether exemplary book. Rhomberg uses a combination of traditional class analysis, an institutional perspective on urban politics, and social movement theory to fashion a rich and persuasive account of the history of urban political conflict in Oakland between 1920-1975. In combining these strands of theory and research, he has also given us a model for the kind of dynamic, historically grounded political sociology that has been sadly missing in recent years."--Doug McAdam, author of Freedom Summer

"Race, class, and local politics are key components of America's social fabric. On the basis of his outstanding scholarly research, Rhomberg examines the complex web of their interaction by focusing on one of the most conflicted urban scenes: Oakland, California; and taking a historical perspective on the evolving pattern of power struggles. This book will become required reading for students of urban politics."--Manuel Castells, author of The Rise of the Network Society

"No There There combines a sophisticated interpretation of political and sociological urban theory with rigorous historical research... An important and stimulating book." -Joseph A. Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Western Historical Quarterly

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"This sophisticated account of a remarkable city's coalitions and conflicts over half a century is an outstanding contribution to urban history and political analysis. Clearly written and amply supplied with good stories, the book will interest students of urban history, social movements, and American political change."--Charles Tilly, author of Durable Inequality

"An altogether exemplary book. Rhomberg uses a combination of traditional class analysis, an institutional perspective on urban politics, and social movement theory to fashion a rich and persuasive account of the history of urban political conflict in Oakland between 1920-1975. In combining these strands of theory and research, he has also given us a model for the kind of dynamic, historically grounded political sociology that has been sadly missing in recent years."--Doug McAdam, author of Freedom Summer

"Race, class, and local politics are key components of America's social fabric. On the basis of his outstanding scholarly research, Rhomberg examines the complex web of their interaction by focusing on one of the most conflicted urban scenes: Oakland, California; and taking a historical perspective on the evolving pattern of power struggles. This book will become required reading for students of urban politics."--Manuel Castells, author of The Rise of the Network Society

"No There There combines a sophisticated interpretation of political and sociological urban theory with rigorous historical research... An important and stimulating book." -Joseph A. Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Western Historical Quarterly

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520251660
ISBN 13 
9780520251663
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
356

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