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Newark Frontier
Mark Krasovic
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Description for Newark Frontier
Hardback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
To many, Newark seems a profound symbol of postwar liberalism’s failings: an impoverished, deeply divided city where commitments to integration and widespread economic security went up in flames during the 1967 riots. While it’s true that these failings shaped Newark’s postwar landscape and economy, as Mark Krasovic shows, that is far from the whole story.
The Newark Frontier shows how, during the Great Society, urban liberalism adapted and grew, defining itself less by centralized programs and ideals than by administrative innovation and the small-scale, personal interactions generated by community action programs, investigative commissions, and police-community relations projects. Paying particular ... Read more
To many, Newark seems a profound symbol of postwar liberalism’s failings: an impoverished, deeply divided city where commitments to integration and widespread economic security went up in flames during the 1967 riots. While it’s true that these failings shaped Newark’s postwar landscape and economy, as Mark Krasovic shows, that is far from the whole story.
The Newark Frontier shows how, during the Great Society, urban liberalism adapted and grew, defining itself less by centralized programs and ideals than by administrative innovation and the small-scale, personal interactions generated by community action programs, investigative commissions, and police-community relations projects. Paying particular ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226352794
SKU
V9780226352794
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