Between Ocean and City

Name: Between Ocean and City
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The Transformation of Rockaway, New York

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Columbia History of Urban Life

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Rockaway Beach was once a popular seaside resort in southern Queens with a small permanent population. Shortly after World War II, large parts of this narrow peninsula between the ocean and the bay became one of New York City's worst slums. A historian who grew up in the community and his wife, a social worker, have written an account of this transformation, exploring issues of race, class, and social policy and offering a 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" was responsible for many positive initiatives affecting 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 story of a largely African American community's struggles in the face of grinding poverty, urban renewal schemes gone wrong and forced ghettoization.

Author Biography:

Lawrence Kaplan, who has taught British and American history at the City College of New York, spent his formative years in Rockaway. Carol P. Kaplan is a practicing social worker and an associate professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.

Release date Australia

April 16th, 2003

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Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

15 photos, 1 map

Pages

264

Series

Columbia History of Urban Life

Dimensions

161x234x19

ISBN-13

9780231128483

Product ID

7511291

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