Robert Marchant

Westchester

History of an Iconic Suburb

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a densely researched and comprehensive examination of the deep history of the region from the time of European settlement to the present day. Taking an expansive approach to local history, it examines how the broad channels of the American narrative played out in the development of an iconic region that became a prototype for suburban living.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781476673240
• ISBN-10: 1476673241
• Artikelnr.: 52420626

Autorenporträt

Robert Marchant is a staff reporter at Hearst Media in southern Connecticut and the Greenwich Time daily newspaper. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction
1.
Uneasy Neighbors: The Lenapes, the Dutch and the Fight for Survival
2.
Slavery's Legacy and Westchester at War
3.
Old Weird America, the Suburban Ideal and the Civil War
4.
Immigration, Industry and the Great War
5.
From the Bronx River Parkway to a River of Beer: Car Culture, Ward's Plan and Prohibition Crime
6.
American Pursuits: Playland, the Movies and Civil Unrest
7.
Highs and Lows: Fearless Flyers, the Depression, Career Criminals and Marijuana
8.
The Segregated Suburbs: Racial Discrimination and the Threat from Political Extremes
9.
World War II, Prosperity and Paranoia 10.
Westchester in the Television Age: Bonnie Meadow Road to Desegregation 11.
The Age of Dissent: The Environmental Movement, Radical Chic and the Moonies 12.
Triumph and Transformation: Renewed Immigration, the Housing Boom and Deindustrialization Chapter Notes Bibliography Index