Back of the yards : the making of a local democracy / Robert A. Slayton

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 278 pp., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction: the making of a community -- The world the meat-packers made -- Stages in life's way: youth -- Arenas of life: women and the household -- Arenas of life: men and the workplace -- The creation of a social order: the segmented group -- The creation of a social order: the nationalist enclave -- Spheres of power: politics -- Spheres of power: the University of Chicago Settlement House -- The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council -- Democracy realized -- Conclusion: our own destiny. Subjects; Community organization Illinois Chicago ; Case studies. Packing-house workers Illinois Chicago. Neighborhoods. Illinois Chicago Back of the Yards Local communities, to 1950.