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Author:

Wharton, Jonathan L.

Title:

A post-racial change is gonna come : Newark, Cory Booker, and the transformation of urban America / by Jonathan L. Wharton.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Newark (N.J.)--Politics and government.
Metropolitan government--United States--Case studies.
Mayors--Newark--Newark--Election.
Booker, Cory.
African American mayors--Newark.--Newark.
Urbanization--United States--Case studies.
Post-racialism--United States--Case studies.
Newark (N.J.)--Political aspects--Political aspects--Case studies.
Case studies.

Notes:

Includesbibliographical references and index.

Contents:

6. 1. Newark, Booker, and Post-Racial Reality. 2. The 2002 and 2006 Mayoral Elections -- 3. The Mayors' Identity Politics and Their Political Shortcomings -- 4. Booker's Community Development Initiatives -- 5. The 2010 Election and Booker's Second-Term Honeymoon -- 6. Newark, Booker, and Post-Racial Reality.

ISBN:

1137277718 (alk. paper)
9781137277718 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)852224913

LCCN:

2013020118

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)