Camden After the Fall - Decline And Renewal in a Post-Industrial City

"Camden After the Fall" chronicles the history of a classic post-industrial American city and points toward a sustained urban revitalization strategy for the twenty-first century.

List of contents

Preface Introduction PART I. SHIFTING FORTUNES Chapter 1. A City That Worked Chapter 2. Camden Transformed PART II. SHIFTING POWER Chapter 3. To Save Our City Chapter 4. From City to County: The Rise of the Suburban Power Structure PART III. SHIFTING STRATEGY Chapter 5. The Downtown Waterfront: Changing Camden's Image Chapter 6. The Neighborhoods: Not by Faith Alone Chapter 7. The Courts: Seeking Justice and Fairness PART IV. SHIFTING PROSPECTS Chapter 8. The Politics of Recovery Chapter 9. Future Camden: Reinventing the City, Engaging the Region Conclusion Note on Sources Notes Index Acknowledgments

About the author

Howard Gillette, Jr., is Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Gillette, Jr. Howard Gillette, Howard Gillette Jr
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2005
• EAN: 9780812238976
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-3897-6
• No. of pages: 323
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture