Parkchester : A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gurock, Jeffrey S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
New York (State) > New York > Parkchester.
Parkchester (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Parkchester (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > Case studies.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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