Between Ocean and City (Columbia History of Urban Life)

Between Ocean and City (Columbia History of Urban Life)

Editorial Reviews
Review

"Well-written and well-documented... You will love the book. Read it carefully. At the end, you'll know "who lost Rockaway."" -- The Wave

"A clear-eyed and harrowing story of a largely African American community's struggles in the face of grinding poverty, urban renewal schemes gone wrong, and a forced ghettoization by the sea." -- www.farrockaway.com

"a photographic portrait through fifteen well-chosen images, each really saying more than a thousand words" -- Eugenie L. Birch, The Journal of American History

"Overall this is a very good book...that is worth the time of any scholar with an interest in urban development...I plan to have my doctoral students read it." -- Robert K. Whelan, Journal of Urban Affairs

Book Description

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.

Between Ocean and City (Columbia History of Urban Life)

Between Ocean and City (Columbia History of Urban Life),Lawrence Kaplan,Carol P. Kaplan,Columbia University Press,0231128495,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,History,History - General History,History: World,Modern - General,Sociology - Urban,History / United States / General

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