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Greater New Jersey : living in the shadow of Gotham

Title
Greater New Jersey : living in the shadow of Gotham / Dennis E. Gale.
Author
Gale, Dennis E.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Description
xvii, 190 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Greater New Jersey sets itself apart from other works about the state by virtue of its inquiry. While contemporary in outlook, the book underscores the role of history in shedding light on the New Jersey and Manhattan of today. Dennis E. Gale examines the complex interactions that knit together a region that has dual citizenship, and he argues that northern New Jersey is undergoing a gradual transformation to become symbolic of a new kind of suburban area, one that borrows culture, image, and economy from a metropolis but also maintains the day-to-day living patterns of heartland America in the face of rapid social change. Readers interested in the puzzling intricacies of modern life will find much to interest them in this account of a regional identity asserting itself in the face of a looming megalopolis."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Metropolitan portraits
Uniform Title
Metropolitan portraits.
Subject
  • City and town life > New Jersey
  • Regionalism > New Jersey
  • Group identity > New Jersey
  • New Jersey > Relations > New York
  • New York (N.Y.) > Relations > New Jersey
  • New Jersey > History, Local
  • New Jersey > Social conditions
  • New York Region > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-181) and index.
Contents
Prologue : into the belly of the beast -- 1. The bi-state brokerage of power -- 2. Accommodating difference at the extremes of density and diversity -- 3. Competing for space and resources in the land of localism -- 4. Diluting our identity -- 5. Harming our image -- 6. Image, identity, dominion.
ISBN
  • 0812239547 (alk. paper)
  • 9780812239546 (alk. paper)
  • 0812219570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 978812219570 (pbk. : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2006046156
  • 9780812239546
OCLC
  • OCM67405722
  • SCSB-5273371
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries