The New American Ghetto

By Camilo José Vergara

Book Overview

"Brings before our reluctant eyes the stark devastation wrought over the last 30 years in the inner city. Vergara's book is laden with hundreds of beautiful, revelatory photographs of neighborhoods that many commuters refuse to see.... In image and word, Vergara tells the story eloquently". -- Philadelphia Inquirer"This riveting book... offers a fresh view of America's brutal urban shame.... This book is an undeniable indictment. Wishing to provide a visual record for future generations, Vergara has produced a document that should rub America's conscience raw". -- Publishers Weekly"A national photographic family album of loss". -- The New York Times"ln this significant body of work, Vergara has refreshed the significant ... genre of documentary photography". -- The Washington Post"An extraordinary document". -- The New York Review of Books

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813523311
• ISBN13: 9780813523316
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 9.5"