01965cam a2200265 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002800069035001200097040001800109041000800127043001200135050002300147082001800170100002300188245005400211260006100265300004700326504005400373505022200427520093600649650005001585650006401635BJBSDDR20230410115859.0ta941206s1995 njua b s000 0 eng  a0813522099 (alk. paper) a3016964 aDLCcDLCbspa aspa an-us---14aHN 57 bV494n 199500a307.3/3622201 aVergara, Camilo J.14aThe new American ghetto /cCamilo José Vergara. aNew Brunswick, N.J. :bRutgers University Press,cc1995. axvii, 235 p. :bill. (some col.) ;c29 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-235). aIntroduction -- The ghetto cityscape -- Housing -- Commerce and industry -- Our fortified ghettos -- We are here -- The impact of addictions and homelessness -- Ghettos transformed -- Conclusion: no solution in sight. aThe New American Ghetto provides an exploration, over nearly two decades, of ghettos in New York, Newark, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and smaller cities. Camilo Jose Vergara chronicles, through photographs and text, the profound transformations experienced by these places since the riots of the 1960s. He provides direct observations of urban landscapes and interiors, from residential areas and institutions to vacant lots and abandoned factories. He takes successive photographs of the same places, tracking change over time - changes that have made the conditions of today's ghettos very different from those of an earlier era. Vergara's interviews with residents and historical research contribute to his unique view of the nature and meaning of the inner city. Termed "a photographic forecast of the demise of urban America," The New American Ghetto brings to light a world of forgotten ruin and struggling reconstruction. 0aInner citieszUnited StatesxPictorial works. 4aCiudades del interior zEstados UnidosxObras pictóricas.