Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City

What prevents cities whose economies have been devastated by the flight of human and monetary capital from returning to self—sufficiency? Looking at the cumulative effects of urban decline in the classic post—industrial city of Camden, New Jersey, historian Howard Gillette, Jr., probes the interaction of politics, economic restructuring, and racial bias to evaluate contemporary efforts at revitalization. In a sweeping analysis, Gillette identifies a number of related factors to explain this...