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Shantytown, USA
Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor
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Lisa Goff
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English
Published/Copyright:
2016
About this book
Shantytowns once occupied a central place in America’s urban landscape. Lisa Goff shows how these resourceful dwellings were not merely the byproducts of hardship but potent assertions of self-reliance. Their legacy is felt in sites of political activism, from campus shanties protesting apartheid to the tent cities of Occupy Wall Street.
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Goff Lisa :
Lisa Goff is a member of the Department of English at the University of Virginia.
Reviews
Lisa Goff's Shantytown, USA is not your ordinary American Studies cuppa joe. But it’s one of those books you might pick up in a loose-change moment of curiosity and find yourself utterly unable to put down because it's so unexpected, so smart, so good.
-- Dana D. Nelson American Literary History
-- Dana D. Nelson American Literary History
In her broadly researched debut book, Goff traces the history of shanties in America, beginning with Thoreau’s famous cabin on Walden Pond.
-- Kirkus Reviews
-- Kirkus Reviews
Goff’s book excavates the long, untold history of American shantytowns from their emergence in the 1820s to the present day, providing a vivid look at an easily overlooked yet omnipresent and consequential American urban phenomenon. Her engaging work reveals much about the working poor, urban growth, and changing ideas about public space.
-- William A. Gleason, author of Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature
-- William A. Gleason, author of Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature
Lisa Goff guides us energetically and engagingly through the shanties and shantytowns of the United States. These ubiquitous, ever-present settlements have rarely attracted more than a passing glance and quick condemnation from outsiders. Goff’s prodigious detective work and empathy restore a significant corner of the American landscape to our view and our understanding.
-- Dell Upton, Professor of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
-- Dell Upton, Professor of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
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eBook published on:
April 25, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9780674968967
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320
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21 halftones
eBook ISBN:
9780674968967
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Professional and scholarly;
