The Fixers: Devolution, Development, and Civil Society in Newark, 1960-1990 022638845X, 9780226388458

Stories of Newark’s postwar decline are easy to find. But in The Fixers, Julia Rabig supplements these tales of misery w

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The Fixers: Devolution, Development, and Civil Society in Newark, 1960-1990
022638845X, 9780226388458

Stories of Newark’s postwar decline are easy to find. But in The Fixers, Julia Rabig supplements these tales of misery w

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