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New Jersey's multiple municipal madness /
Alan J. Karcher takes a critical look at how and why the boundary lines of New Jersey's 566 municipalities were drawn, pointing to the irrationality of these excessive divisions.
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Background and Case Studies
- Motivations for Municipal Multiplication in New Jersey; or, What Moved the Hands that Drew the Lines
- Historical Context of Municipal Creation
- Case Study of Perth Amboy's South Ward
- Shrewsbury: The Incredible Shrinking Township
- Specific Issues that Cause Division
- Municipalities Created by Street Fights
- Railroad Towns: Jerkwater Depots and Real Suburbs
- School-District Boroughs: Local Control as a Religion
- Dry Towns versus Wet Towns: Drawing the Line at Abstinence
- Exclusive Enclaves: The Pre-Zoning Prophylactic
- Happy, Sad, and Interesting Origins
- Factors Thwarting Consolidation and Case Studies of the Largest Cities
- The Effects of New Jersey's Anti-Urban Bias
- Perth Amboy and Burlington: Capital Cities that Did Not Capitalize
- Camden: The Missed Opportunities
- Newark: The Mistakes
- Jersey City: The Exploited Victim
- Correcting Yesterday's Mistakes: Is It Possible?
- Once the Municipal Multiplication Madness Stopped
- Reasons for Change
- Some Suggested Solutions.