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How Newark became Newark : the rise, fall, and rebirth of an American city /
For the first time in forty years, the story of one of America's most maligned cities is told in all its grit and glory. With its open-armed embrace of manufacturing, Newark, New Jersey, rode the Industrial Revolution to great prominence and wealth that lasted well into the twentieth century. I...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rivergate Books,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For the first time in forty years, the story of one of America's most maligned cities is told in all its grit and glory. With its open-armed embrace of manufacturing, Newark, New Jersey, rode the Industrial Revolution to great prominence and wealth that lasted well into the twentieth century. In the postwar years, however, Newark experienced a perfect storm of urban troubles--political corruption, industrial abandonment, white flight, racial conflict, crime, poverty. Cities across the United States found themselves in similar predicaments, yet Newark stands out as an exceptional case. Its saga. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 339 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813546568 0813546567 1282078550 9781282078550 9786612078552 6612078553 |