Our town : race, housing, and the soul of Suburbia

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Our town : race, housing, and the soul of Suburbia

David L. Kirp, John P. Dwyer and Larry A. Rosenthal

Rutgers University Press, 1997, c1995

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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An account of the legal battle to open up New Jersey's suburbs to the poor, looking at the views of lawyers on both sides of the controversy. It is a case study of judicial activism and its consequences and an analysis of suburban attitudes regarding race, class and property.

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Acknowledgments 1. Shades of Fear--Mount Laurel and Beyond Part One. The Demise of a City, the Rise of a Suburb Maps: New Jersey and Mount Laurel 2. Camden: A City Doomed by Design 3. Mount Laurel: A Suburb at Odds Part Two: Rights, Politics, and Markets 4. Simple Justice 5. The Schoolmaster Court 6. The Politics of "No" 7. Can Bureaucrats Build Houses? Part Three. Forbidden Neighbors in Suburbia 8. Virtual Housing 9. House of Dreams Chronology Notes Sources Index

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