Steve Early

Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents a case study of a refinery town in California that was plagued with poverty and crime but overcame these issues and thrived due to the efforts of citizens who raised the minimum wage, defeated a casino project, and reduced crime through "community policing."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780807094266
• ISBN-10: 0807094269
• Artikelnr.: 44973483

Autorenporträt

Steve Early has been an organizer, lawyer, union representative, and labor activist for the past forty-five years. He is the author of three other books, including Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress. He lives in Richmond, California, with his wife.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD
To Change U.S. Politics, We Need More Cities Like Richmond, California by
Bernie Sanders
INTRODUCTION
From Company Town to Progressive City
ONE
A Refiner’s Fire
TWO
The Greening of City Hall
THREE
Richmond’s Community Policeman
FOUR
Tuesday Night Cage Fights
FIVE
An Election Not for Sale
SIX
Celebrating Our Differences?
SEVEN
Gentrification and Its Discontents
EPILOGUE
Making Local Progress
Acknowledgments
Notes