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Parkchester : a Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity.

The eight-decade story of a New York neighborhood In 1940, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company opened a planned community in the East Bronx, New York. A model of what the neighborhood would become was first displayed to an excited public at the 1939 World's Fair. Parkchester was celebrated...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gurock, Jeffrey S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "a city within a city" and New York City's history
  • The building of Parkchester
  • Fortunate apartment dwellers and the beginnings of community life
  • Family life in "Storkchester"
  • "Don't pick the flowers" : tough-minded social controls and opposition
  • "Negroes and whites don't mix"
  • A mixed reception
  • "Mrs. Helmsley should be forced to do her time in Parkchester"
  • Renewal efforts
  • Immigrant arrivals and old-timer departures
  • As a Bronx neighborhood approaches
  • Conclusion : an enduring "get along" spirit.