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Harlem: The Unmaking Of A Ghetto (Historical Studies Of Urban America),New
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For More Than A Century, Harlem Has Been The Epicenter Of Black America, The Celebrated Heart Of African American Life And Culturebut It Has Also Been A Byword For The Problems That Have Long Plagued Innercity Neighborhoods: Poverty, Crime, Violence, Disinvestment, And Decay.Photographer Camilo Jos Vergara Has Been Chronicling The Neighborhood For Fortythree Years, And Harlem: The Unmaking Of A Ghetto Is An Unprecedented Record Of Urban Change. Vergara Began His Documentation Of Harlem In The Tradition Of Such Masters As Helen Levitt And Aaron Siskind, And He Later Turned His Focus On The Neighborhoods Urban Fabric, Both The Buildings That Compose It And The Life And Culture Embedded In Them. By Repeatedly Returning To The Same Locations Over The Course Of Decades, Vergara Is Able To Show Us A Community That Is Constantly Changingsome Areas Declining, As Longtime Businesses Give Way To Empty Storefronts, Graffiti, And Garbage, While Other Areas Gentrify, With Corporate Chain Stores Coming In To Compete With The Momandpops. He Also Captures The Everpresent Street Life Of This Densely Populated Neighborhood, From Stoop Gatherings To Graffiti Murals Memorializing Dead Rappers To Impersonators Honoring Michael Jackson In Front Of The Apollo, As Well As The Growth Of Tourism And Racial Integration.Woven Throughout The Images Is Vergaras Own Account Of His Project And His Experience Of Living And Working In Harlem. Taken Together, His Unforgettable Words And Images Tell The Story Of How Harlem And Its Residents Navigated The Segregation, Dereliction And Slow Recovery Of The Closing Years Of The Twentieth Century And The Boom And Racial Integration Of The Twentyfirst Century. A Deeply Personal Investigation, Harlem Will Take Its Place With The Best Portrayals Of Urban Life.
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