The Newark frontier : community action in the Great Society /

"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 l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krasovic, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Colección:Historical studies of urban America.
Temas:
Since 1900
Race riots > New Jersey > Newark.
Social action > New Jersey > Newark > History > 20th century.
Liberalism > United States.
Community activists > New Jersey > Newark.
Émeutes raciales > New Jersey > Newark.
Action sociale > New Jersey > Newark > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Libéralisme > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Community activists.
Liberalism.
Politics and government.
Race riots.
Social action.
Social policy.
Newark (N.J.) > History > 20th century.
Newark (N.J.) > Social policy.
Newark (N.J.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Social policy.
United States > History > 1945-
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1945-
New Jersey > Newark.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: plotting the Great Society and the urban crisis in Newark
  • The rise of community action
  • The construction of community action in the Great Society
  • Community action comes to Newark
  • Convergence
  • The Newark Police Department's Great Society
  • Interlude: the riots
  • The commission response to rioting The Kerner Commission
  • The Governor's Commission
  • The PBA Commission
  • New directions for community action Law and order Departures
  • Control
  • Conclusion: community action and the hollow prize.

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