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The Newark Frontier

- Community Action in the Great Society
Af: Mark Krasovic Engelsk Hardback

The Newark Frontier

- Community Action in the Great Society
Af: Mark Krasovic Engelsk Hardback
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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.
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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.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780226352794
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 022635279X
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 15 apr 2016
Længde: 3mm
Bredde: 16mm
Højde: 23mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 15 apr 2016
Forfatter(e): Mark Krasovic
Forfatter(e) Mark Krasovic

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780226352794

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 384

Udgave

Længde 3mm

Bredde 16mm

Højde 23mm

Udg. Dato 15 apr 2016

Oplagsdato 15 apr 2016

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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