Labour, leisure, poverty and protest: The 1968 Poor People's Campaign as a case study

Leisure Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-458

  Wright, Amy Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic justice; Poor People's Campaign; Poverty; Race; Social movements

Indexed keywords

LABOR; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLAY; POPULAR PROTEST; POVERTY; RACE; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 54249170514     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360802456964     Document Type: Article

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