Westchester: History of an Iconic Suburb

by Robert Marchant

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476673240
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/26/2018
Pages:	255
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

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