Cracking under pressure : narrating the decline of the Amsterdam squatters' movement / Lynn Owens.

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Owens, Lynn, 1970- [author.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789048506446
9048506441
1282171488
9781282171480
9786612171482
6612171480

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cracking under pressure.DDC classification:

307.3/36409492352 22

LOC classification:

HN520.Z9 S625 2009eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Radicalization: The Birth of the Squatters' Movement -- 2. Luck Runs Out -- 3. Holiday Inn, Wijers Out -- 4. Death in the Movement, Death of the Movement -- 5. The End: Now, Near, or Never? -- Conclusion.

Summary: "An investigation of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam, which emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction to the housing shortage of the 1960s, peaked in the early 1980s, and then fell into a period of prolonged decline. Focuses on issues relating to the decline of social movements"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.

"An investigation of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam, which emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction to the housing shortage of the 1960s, peaked in the early 1980s, and then fell into a period of prolonged decline. Focuses on issues relating to the decline of social movements"--Provided by publisher.