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Transforming cities and minds through the scholarship of engagement : economy, equity, and environment / edited by Lorlene Hoyt

Published
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
xv, 247 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Hoyt, Lorlene, 1967-

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Engaging Economy -- 1.Strengthening Small Businesses -- Strategies for Makin' a Way Where There Is No Way in Camden, New Jersey / Gayle Christiansen -- 2.Leveraging Rooted Institutions -- A Strategy for Cooperative Economic Development in Cleveland, Ohio / Lily Song -- pt. II Engaging Equity -- 3.Concentrating Investment -- A Strategy for Sustainable Development in Kansas City, Missouri / Leila Bozorg -- 4.Network Organizing -- A Strategy for Manufacturing Recovery in Lawrence, Massachusetts / Marianna Leavy-Sperounis -- pt. III Engaging Environment -- 5.Citywide Retrofits -- A Strategy for Creating Green Jobs in Oakland, California / Kate Levitt -- 6.Community/Labor/Utility Partnerships -- A Social-Movement Organizing Strategy for Energy Efficiency in Massachusetts / Lily Song.
Summary
"Presents strategies for active partnerships among universities and colleges, hospitals, churches, community development corporations, community foundations, and other rooted institutions for restoring old cities. Suggests a paradigm for graduate education that creates engaged scholars"--
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ISBN
9780826519047 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0826519040 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780826519054 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0826519059 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780826519061 (e-book)
0826519067 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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