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Between Ocean and City - The Transformation of Rockaway, New York (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,518
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Between Ocean and City - The Transformation of Rockaway, New York (Paperback, New): Lawrence Kaplan, Carol Kaplan

Between Ocean and City - The Transformation of Rockaway, New York (Paperback, New)

Lawrence Kaplan, Carol Kaplan

Series: Columbia History of Urban Life

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Rockaway Beach was once a popular seaside resort in south Queens with a small permanent population. Shortly after World War II, large parts of this narrow peninsula between the ocean and the bay became some of New York City's worst slums. A historian who grew up in the community and his wife, a social worker, together present an illuminating account of this transformation, exploring issues of race, class, and social policy and offering a significant revision of the larger story of New York City's development. In particular, the authors qualify some of the negative assessments of Robert Moses, suggesting that the "Power Broker" attempted for many positive initiatives for Rockaway.

Based on extensive archival research and hundreds of hours of interviews with residents, urban specialists, and government officials past and present, "Between Ocean and City" is a clear-eyed and harrowing story of this largely African American community's struggles and resiliency in the face of grinding poverty, urban renewal schemes gone wrong, and a forced ghettoization by the sea.

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Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Columbia History of Urban Life
Release date: April 2003
First published: April 2003
Authors: Lawrence Kaplan • Carol Kaplan
Dimensions: 227 x 181 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 264
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-12849-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 0-231-12849-5
Barcode: 9780231128490

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