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Date Created1917
DescriptionAfrican-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917. African-American women worked in the garment trade, which employed mainly Jewish and Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. But because...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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AuthorCander, Alan Drew
Date Created2011
Degree Date2011-05
DescriptionUrban redevelopment involves the renovation of deteriorating city areas through the rehabilitation or replacement of dilapidated buildings and underutilized parcels with new land uses to meet specific...
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Date Created1910-1913
DescriptionFacts for Petition for Naturalization. Form filled out for Paolo LaTorraca that details his emigration from Italy and affirms his desire to become an American citizen.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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AuthorTaussig, Helen
Date Created1930
DescriptionThe Council for Human Services in New Jersey, formerly known as the New Jersey Conference of Social Work, was an umbrella group for social welfare agencies and social workers in the state. In this...
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AuthorChernesky, Jason M.
Date Created2013
Degree Date2013-01
DescriptionAs AIDS proliferated in Newark, New Jersey through the 1980s, local AIDS-care advocates conceptualized AIDS in ways that reflected the disease’s impact on Newarkers. In reframing a problem that was...
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Date Created1929
DescriptionGood Will Thrift Store, 53 Plane Street, Newark, 1929 . Men, women and children rummage through old contributed to the Mission, a sign of the onset of hard time. The Great Depression would leave...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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AuthorXu, Jie
Date Created2011
Degree Date2011-05
DescriptionThis dissertation presents a systematic approach to identify the determinants of gun shooting and forecast the distribution of gun shooting. Using frameworks of opportunities theories and social...
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Date Created1941-1942
DescriptionPaul (Paolo) LaTorraca emigrated from Naples, Italy, on the Calabria vessel, and arrived at Brooklyn's Pier 29 in New York City, on May 15, 1908. He settled in Newark, New Jersey, where his sister,...
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AuthorKhalil, Deena
Date Created2012
Degree Date2012-05
DescriptionResearchers have demonstrated that schools with low-income and predominantly minority students, especially those in urban districts, have the most difficulty recruiting and retaining teachers. In...
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AuthorPiza, Eric L.
Date Created2012
Degree Date2012-05
DescriptionCCTV has become a mainstream crime prevention mechanism around the world. Despite the popularity of the technology, evidence of CCTV’s crime prevention capabilities is inconclusive. Little research...