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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 part i 1. “A Time of Struggle”: Holding the Line in the 1940s 9 2. “The Right to Lease and Occupy a Home”: Equality and Public Provision in Housing Development 31 3. “So Much Life”: Retrenchment in the Cold War 64 part ii Introduction to Part II 107 4. “Out of These Ghettos, People Who Would Fight”: Claiming Power in the Sixties 113 5. “A Lot of Investment, a Lot of Roots”: Defending Urban Community 146 6. “Territorio Libre”: Upheaval in the Vietnam War Era 169 7. “To Plan Our Own Community”: Government, Grassroots, and Local Development 211 8. “A Piece of Heaven in Hell”: Struggles in the Backlash Years 242 Afterword 257 List of Abbreviations 265 Notes 269 Index 321 ...

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