Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey.
* Star-Ledger *
[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed. * Journal of Urban Affairs *
Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. Inside Newark is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's The Shame of the Cities. -- David Levering Lewis * Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois *
At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's Inside Newark essential reading. A triumph! -- Clement Alexander Price * professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark *
Bob Curvin's masterful analysis shows how one of America's greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences, strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark's struggle for survival. -- Lisa Keller * Purchase College (SUNY) *
Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey.
* Star-Ledger *
[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed. * Journal of Urban Affairs *
Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. Inside Newark is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's The Shame of the Cities. -- David Levering Lewis * Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois *
At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's Inside Newark essential reading. A triumph! -- Clement Alexander Price * professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark *
Bob Curvin's masterful analysis shows how one of America's greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences, strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark's struggle for survival. -- Lisa Keller * Purchase College (SUNY) *