Camden After the Fall Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City
Howard Gillette, Jr. Winner of the 2005 Kenneth Jackson Best Book Award
from the Urban History Association Winner of the 2006 Author's Award of
the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Winner of the 2007 Richard P.
McCormick Prize of the New Jersey Historical Commission "A masterly
narrative of the twists and turns of Camden's renewal politics from the
perspective of local politicians, regional and state power brokers, and
citizens groups."--Journal of American History "A fascinating and
frequently eloquent exploration of the city's history since World War
II."--Camden Courier Post "The best study so far about the virtual
collapse in the late twentieth century of South Jersey's largest
city."--New York Times 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. Politics
and Culture in Modern America 2005 344 pages 6 x 9 34 illus. ISBN
978-0-8122-3897-6 Cloth $49.95s £32.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-1968-5 Paper
$26.50s £17.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0527-5 Ebook $26.50s £17.50 World Rights
American History, Public Policy Short copy: 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.