Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America Contributor(s): Mumford, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814795633 ISBN-13: 9780814795637 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies |
Dewey: 305.896 |
Series: American History and Culture |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Locality - Newark, N.J. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Newark's volatile past is infamous. The city has become synonymous with the Black Power movement and urban crisis. Its history reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by traditional civic pride and an understudied tradition of protest in the black community. Newark charts this important city's place in the nation, from its founding in 1666 by a dissident Puritan as a refuge from intolerance, through the days of Jim Crow and World War II civil rights activism, to the height of postwar integration and the election of its first black mayor. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mumford, Kevin: - Kevin Mumford is Associate Professor of History and African American studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Interzones: Black/White Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in the Early Twentieth Century. |