American Community Organizations: A Historical Dictionary

by Patricia Mooney Melvin

An encyclopedic dictionary that treats organizations, persons, and federal legislation that document the history of grass-roots community organizing. Focusing on neighborhood associations in the US from the 1880s to the present, the work includes more than 100 signed entries, which average one to two pages each. Numerous cross-references and thorough name and subject indexes are included. . . . The] excellent bibliographic essay by Robert Fisher...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313240531
• ISBN13: 9780313240539
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"