Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Camden County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
Book Description
The History of Camden County, New Jersey
Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Camden County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
Book Description
Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ...
Author: Francis Bazley LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Camden After the Fall
Author: Howard Gillette, Jr.Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812205278
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
What prevents cities whose economies have been devastated by the flight of human and monetary capital from returning to self-sufficiency? Looking at the cumulative effects of urban decline in the classic post-industrial city of Camden, New Jersey, historian Howard Gillette, Jr., probes the interaction of politics, economic restructuring, and racial bias to evaluate contemporary efforts at revitalization. In a sweeping analysis, Gillette identifies a number of related factors to explain this phenomenon, including the corrosive effects of concentrated poverty, environmental injustice, and a political bias that favors suburban amenity over urban reconstruction. Challenging popular perceptions that poor people are responsible for the untenable living conditions in which they find themselves, Gillette reveals how the effects of political decisions made over the past half century have combined with structural inequities to sustain and prolong a city's impoverishment. Even the most admirable efforts to rebuild neighborhoods through community development and the reinvention of downtowns as tourist destinations are inadequate solutions, Gillette argues. He maintains that only a concerted regional planning response—in which a city and suburbs cooperate—is capable of achieving true revitalization. Though such a response is mandated in Camden as part of an unprecedented state intervention, its success is still not assured, given the legacy of outside antagonism to the city and its residents. Deeply researched and forcefully argued, Camden After the Fall chronicles the history of the post-industrial American city and points toward a sustained urban revitalization strategy for the twenty-first century.
The History of Cape May County, New Jersey
Author: Lewis Townsend StevensPublisher:
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Category : Cape May County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Encyclopedia of New Jersey
Author: Maxine N. LuriePublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813533252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Garden State can now be found in one place. This encyclopaedia contains a wealth of information from New Jersey's prehistory to the present covering architecture, arts, biographies, commerce, arts, municipalities and much more.
Waterways of Camden County
Author: William R. FarrPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972587105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
History of the Press in Camden County, New Jersey
Author: Charles Shimer BoyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Author: GEORGE REESER. PROWELLPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033779347
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cherry Hill
Author: Mike MathisPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is known today for its shopping centers and residential neighborhoods. This tightknit community, founded in the 1600s by English followers of William Penn, began as a collection of hardworking farm families and early American Patriots. The town played an important role as the "crossroads of the American Revolution"? and bravely fought to help southern slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad. Townspeople persevered through the turbulent and trying times of the early twentieth century, eventually to triumph in building the haven from the hustle and bustle of Philadelphia that it is today. From its agrarian roots to the excitement of the Garden State Park racecourse, join authors Mike Mathis and Lisa Mangiafico as they take you through an illustrated, imaginative tour of Cherry Hill's past and present.
Camden
Author: Cheryl L. BaisdenPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738544649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Poet Walt Whitman proclaimed his adopted home of Camden, in its heyday, "the city invincible," a powerhouse of industrial might destined for greatness. Camden resurrects that fascinating era of invincibility through powerful images of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge construction; Cooper Hospital's nearly ill-fated founding; and the momentous birth of Campbell Soup Company, Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA, and New York Shipbuilding. Also included are images of Camden's neighborhoods, community life, and bustling downtown district, as well as the newsmakers and lawbreakers who defined the "biggest little city in the world."constants in our lives.