Gale, Dennis E.

Greater New Jersey : living in the shadow of Gotham / Dennis E. Gale.

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006.

xvii, 190 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Metropolitan portraits

"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."--Jacket.

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City and town life New Jersey.
Regionalism New Jersey.
Group identity New Jersey.
Vie urbaine New Jersey.
Régionalisme New Jersey.
Identité collective New Jersey.
City and town life.
Group identity.
Regionalism.
International relations.
Social conditions
New Jersey Relations New York (State) New York.
New York (N.Y.) Relations New Jersey.
New Jersey History, Local.
New Jersey Social conditions.
New York Region Social conditions.
New Jersey Relations New York (État) New York.
New Jersey Histoire locale.
New Jersey Conditions sociales.
New York, Région de Conditions sociales.
New Jersey.
New York (State) New York.
United States New York Region.

Local history.

Metropolitan portraits.

Location: Library main 254936
Call No.: BIB 185011
Status: Available