Westchester

History of an Iconic Suburb

Robert Marchant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

255 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7324-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	27.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	59 photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-7324-1 / 1476673241
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7324-0 / 9781476673240
Zustand	Neuware