4th of July, Asbury Park

4th of July, Asbury Park
Author: Daniel Wolff
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2006-06-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 159691114X

A colorful history of Asbury Park, New Jersey, provides a chronicle of the evolution of the seaside resort town from its founding as a religious commune through 130 years of social, cultural, and musical development, offering tidbits of local history, profiles of the celebrities who passed through, its decline into blight, and the potential for its future. Reprint.

Fourth of July, Asbury Park

Fourth of July, Asbury Park
Author: Daniel Wolff
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-11-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1978820402

This revised and expanded edition of Daniel Wolff's classic study of Asbury Park, New Jersey tells the tale of the city's first 150 years, guiding us through the development of its lavish amusement parks and bandstands, the decay of its working-class neighborhoods, the spread of its racially-segregated ghettos, and the effects of recent gentrification.