Now in Paperback–Camden After the Fall

Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City
Howard Gillette, Jr.
344 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus.
Cloth 2005 | ISBN 0-8122-3897-4 | $39.95s | £26.00
Paper 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-1968-6 | $22.50s | £15.00

Camden After the Fall chronicles the history of a classic post-industrial American city and points toward a sustained urban revitalization strategy for the twenty-first century.

"A fascinating and frequently eloquent exploration of the city’s history since World War II."—Camden Courier Post

"The best study so far about the virtual collapse in the late twentieth century of South Jersey’s largest city."—New York Times


For review copies, contact Ellen Trachtenberg at ellenpt AT pobox DOT upenn DOT edu.