The end of the Hamptons : scenes from the class struggle in America's paradise /

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Winner of the 2005 Book Prize from the Association for Humanist Sociology. In this absorbing account of New York's famous vacation playground, Corey Dolgon goes beyond the celebrity tales and polo games to tell us the story of this complex and contentious land. From the displacement of Native A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dolgon, Corey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
Hamptons (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Hamptons (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Hamptons (N.Y.) > History.
New York (State) > Hamptons.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Waves upon the shore : coming to the Hamptons from the earliest times to the 1970s
  • Houses in the fields : New York Cit moves East
  • Peconic County now! : whose quality of life is it anyway?
  • Polo ponies and penalty kicks : sports on the east end
  • The other Hamptons : race and class in America's paradise
  • From clam beds to casinos : the enduring battle over Native American land rights.

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