How Newark Became Newark : The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American City /

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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...

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Autor principal: Tuttle, Brad R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Urban renewal.
Social conditions
Social change.
Industrialization.
Economic history.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Renovation urbaine > New Jersey > Newark > Histoire.
Industrialisation > New Jersey > Newark > Histoire.
Urban renewal > New Jersey > Newark > History.
Social change > New Jersey > Newark > History.
Industrialization > New Jersey > Newark > History.
New Jersey > Newark.
Newark (N.J.) > Economic conditions.
Newark (N.J.) > Social conditions.
Newark (N.J.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Prologue: Pride in Newark: A 300th Anniversary and a City on the Brink; Part I: Rise; Chapter 1: Corporation: Sheltered Puritan Village to Teeming Industrial Hub; Chapter 2: Politics to the Dogs: Southern Sympathy During the Civil War; Chapter 3: Greater Newark: A Metropolis Blooms with the Dawn of the Twentieth Century; Part II: Fall; Chapter 4: Dead Weight: Prohibition, Politics, and the Growth of Organized Crime; Chapter 5: The Slums of Ten Years from Now: A City Transformed through Postwar Urban Renewal.

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