| The Newark Frontier: Community Action in the Great Society Contributor(s): Krasovic, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 022635279X ISBN-13: 9780226352794 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $47.52 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | American Government - Local |
| Dewey: 974.932 |
| LCCN: 2015035008 |
| Series: Historical Studies of Urban America |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Locality - Newark, N.J. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 attention to the fine-grained experiences of Newark residents, Krasovic reveals that this liberalism was rooted in an ethic of experimentation and local knowledge. He illustrates this with stories of innovation within government offices, the dynamic encounters between local activists and state agencies, and the unlikely alliances among nominal enemies. Krasovic makes clear that postwar liberalism's eventual fate had as much to do with the experiments waged in Newark as it did with the violence that rocked the city in the summer of 1967. |
Contributor Bio(s): Krasovic, Mark: - Mark Krasovic is assistant professor of history and American studies and associate director of the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University--Newark. |