Westchester : History of an Iconic Suburb

Marchant, Robert

McFarland & Co Inc（2018/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 255 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476673240
• DDC分類 974.7277

Full Description

This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb.

Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.

Contents

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