"Thirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough-ravaged in the 1970s and '80s by disinvestment and fires, then heroically revived and rebuilt in the 1990s by community activists-Jill Jonnes returns to chronicle the ongoing revival of the South Bronx. Though now globally renowned as the birthplace of hip-hop, the South Bronx remains America's poorest urban congressional district. In this new edition, we meet the present generation of activists who are transforming their communities with the arts and…mehr
"Thirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough-ravaged in the 1970s and '80s by disinvestment and fires, then heroically revived and rebuilt in the 1990s by community activists-Jill Jonnes returns to chronicle the ongoing revival of the South Bronx. Though now globally renowned as the birthplace of hip-hop, the South Bronx remains America's poorest urban congressional district. In this new edition, we meet the present generation of activists who are transforming their communities with the arts and greening, notably the restoration of the Bronx River. For better or worse, real estate investors have noticed, setting off new gentrification struggles"--
Preface to the Third Edition ix Foreword by Nilka Martell xv Introduction: Do Not Give Way to Evil 3 1. It Is a Veritable Paradise, 1639 1900 11 2. The First Boom, 1900 1922 27 3. Boss Flynn, 1922 41 4. The Bronx Is a Great City, 1923 1929 51 5. Hard Hit by the Depression, 1929 1932 65 6. The New Deal Years, 1933 1939 78 7. War Fever, 1939 1945 85 8. The Diaspora after the War, 1946 1953 91 9. There Was No Standing Still, 1952 1953 105 10. Moses Thinks He s God, 1954 1959 117 11. The New Boss, 1959 1963 127 12. Horse Was the New Thing, 1960 137 13. The New Other Half, 1962 1966 144 14. The Pondiac s Last Hurrah, 1961 1967 153 15. The Puerto Rican and the Priest, 1962 1967 164 16. Mau-mauing the City, 1967 175 17. Who Will Be Caudillo?, 1968 1969 182 18. The Whole Place Was Caving In, 1969 1970 199 19. Interlude: Sweet Days on Charlotte Street, 1925 1951 205 20. Charlotte Street: It Was Not a Good Neighborhood, 1951 1961 219 21. Charlotte Street: What a Madhouse It Was, 1961 1968 225 22. Charlotte Street: The Fires, 1969 1973 231 23. Charlotte Street: The Gangs, 1970 1975 236 24. Charlotte Street: The Collapse, 1973 1975 249 25. The Grand Concourse, 1965 1969 268 26. The Hotel and the Concourse, 1969 1976 281 27. Roosevelt Gardens, 1974 1975 288 28. The Grass Roots, 1974 1977 300 29. The President s Magic Visit, 1977 1978 311 30. Disenchantment, 1979 1980 324 31. Charlotte Street and National Politics, 1980 333 32. The Next Part of the South Bronx, 1972 1978 345 33. We re Still Here, 1978 1982 363 34. White Picket Fences, 1984 376 35. South Bronx Rising, 1985 2002 389 36. Still the Poorest Urban Congressional District in America, 2003 Mid-March 2020 441 Covid Afterword 515 Acknowledgments for the Third Edition 547 Notes 551 Bibliography 569 Third Edition Bibliography 579 Index 581
Preface to the Third Edition ix Foreword by Nilka Martell xv Introduction: Do Not Give Way to Evil 3 1. It Is a Veritable Paradise, 1639 1900 11 2. The First Boom, 1900 1922 27 3. Boss Flynn, 1922 41 4. The Bronx Is a Great City, 1923 1929 51 5. Hard Hit by the Depression, 1929 1932 65 6. The New Deal Years, 1933 1939 78 7. War Fever, 1939 1945 85 8. The Diaspora after the War, 1946 1953 91 9. There Was No Standing Still, 1952 1953 105 10. Moses Thinks He s God, 1954 1959 117 11. The New Boss, 1959 1963 127 12. Horse Was the New Thing, 1960 137 13. The New Other Half, 1962 1966 144 14. The Pondiac s Last Hurrah, 1961 1967 153 15. The Puerto Rican and the Priest, 1962 1967 164 16. Mau-mauing the City, 1967 175 17. Who Will Be Caudillo?, 1968 1969 182 18. The Whole Place Was Caving In, 1969 1970 199 19. Interlude: Sweet Days on Charlotte Street, 1925 1951 205 20. Charlotte Street: It Was Not a Good Neighborhood, 1951 1961 219 21. Charlotte Street: What a Madhouse It Was, 1961 1968 225 22. Charlotte Street: The Fires, 1969 1973 231 23. Charlotte Street: The Gangs, 1970 1975 236 24. Charlotte Street: The Collapse, 1973 1975 249 25. The Grand Concourse, 1965 1969 268 26. The Hotel and the Concourse, 1969 1976 281 27. Roosevelt Gardens, 1974 1975 288 28. The Grass Roots, 1974 1977 300 29. The President s Magic Visit, 1977 1978 311 30. Disenchantment, 1979 1980 324 31. Charlotte Street and National Politics, 1980 333 32. The Next Part of the South Bronx, 1972 1978 345 33. We re Still Here, 1978 1982 363 34. White Picket Fences, 1984 376 35. South Bronx Rising, 1985 2002 389 36. Still the Poorest Urban Congressional District in America, 2003 Mid-March 2020 441 Covid Afterword 515 Acknowledgments for the Third Edition 547 Notes 551 Bibliography 569 Third Edition Bibliography 579 Index 581
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