{"product_id":"inside-newark-decline-rebellion-and-the-search-for-transformation-hardback-9780813565712","title":"Inside Newark; Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation (Hardback) 9780813565712","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDecline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Curvin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813565712\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 19 photographs, 4 figures, 4 t\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm, 0.739 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Star-Ledger) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Urban Affairs) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's \u003ci\u003eThe Shame of the Cities\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - David Levering Lewis (Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois) \u003cdiv\u003e\"At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e essential reading. A triumph!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Clement Alexander Price (professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bob Curvin’s masterful analysis shows how one of America’s greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences,  strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark’s struggle for survival.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e - Lisa Keller (Purchase College (SUNY)) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Star-Ledger) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Star-Ledger) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Urban Affairs) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Urban Affairs) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's \u003ci\u003eThe Shame of the Cities\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - David Levering Lewis (Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's \u003ci\u003eThe Shame of the Cities\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - David Levering Lewis (Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois) \u003cdiv\u003e\"At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e essential reading. A triumph!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Clement Alexander Price (professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark) \u003cdiv\u003e\"At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e essential reading. A triumph!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Clement Alexander Price (professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bob Curvin’s masterful analysis shows how one of America’s greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences,  strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark’s struggle for survival.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e - Lisa Keller (Purchase College (SUNY)) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bob Curvin’s masterful analysis shows how one of America’s greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences,  strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark’s struggle for survival.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e - Lisa Keller (Purchase College (SUNY))\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e For decades, leaders in Newark, New Jersey, have claimed their city is about to return to its vibrant past. How accurate is this prediction? Is Newark on the verge of revitalization? Robert Curvin, who was one of New Jersey’s outstanding civil rights leaders, examines the city, chronicling its history, politics, and culture\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThroughout the pages of\u003ci\u003e Inside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e, Curvin approaches his story both as an insider who is rooting for Newark and as an objective social scientist illuminating the causes and effects of sweeping changes in the city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on historical records and revealing interviews with over one hundred residents and officials, \u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e traces Newark’s history from the 1950s, when the city was a thriving industrial center, to the era of Mayor Cory Booker. Along the way, Curvin covers the disturbances of July 1967, called a riot by the media and a rebellion by residents; the administration of Kenneth Gibson, the first black mayor of a large northeastern city; and the era of Sharpe James, who was found guilty of corruption. Curvin examines damaging housing and mortgage policies, the state takeover of the failing school system, the persistence of corruption and patronage, Newark’s shifting ethnic and racial composition, positive developments in housing and business complexes, and the reign of ambitious mayor Cory Booker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside Newark\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a central weakness that continues to plague Newark-that throughout this history, elected officials have not risen to the challenges they have faced.  Curvin calls on those in positions of influence to work for the social and economic improvement of all groups and concludes with suggestions for change, focusing on education reform, civic participation, financial management, partnerships with agencies and business, improving Newark’s City Council, and limiting the term of the mayor. If Newark’s leadership can encompass these changes, Newark will have a chance at a true turnaround.  \u003c\/div\u003e   \u003cdiv\u003e Watch a video with Robert Curvin:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v-d6zV2OQ8A\"' target='\"_blank\"'\u003eWatch video now.\u003c\/a\u003e (http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v-d6zV2OQ8A). \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Preface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: About Newark\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Winds of Change\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Collapse of the Machine\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Rebellion and City Politics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Political Mobilization in Black Newark\u003cbr\u003e Chatper 6: The Arrival of Black Power\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: The Dancing Mayor\u003cbr\u003e Chatper 8: Black Mayor on a White Horse\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Pity the Children\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Search for Transformation\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559343747352,"sku":"9780813565712","price":24.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/inside-newark-decline-rebellion-and-the-search-for-transformation-hardback-9780813565712","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}