Project Overview [excerpt] Monmouth County, one of the oldest counties in New Jersey and a colony first settled by the English in 1665, is fortunate to have an historical society with an excellent library. In their collection is a series of over three hundred Bible records in folders arranged by family groups. While each record includes at least one nuclear family, most include the extended families of grandparents, children and grandchildren. Therefore, over seven hundred families are incorporated in the Bible...

Introduction [excerpt] The current research proposes to investigate what southern Monmouth County residents think about low-income housing and the media's influences on those attitudes. There, affluent, predominantly white communities opposed Mount Laurel housing throughout the last quarter of the 20th century and into the first half of the 21st. Although local media regularly covered Mount Laurel housing issues, they failed to investigate Mount Laurel opposition as racial discrimination; instead, they offered...