In Levittown's shadow : poverty in America's wealthiest postwar suburb (Historical studies of urban America)
by Keogh, Tim (Historian) (Author)
Summary
"Inverting the conventional history of American suburbanization, Tim Keogh turns the spotlight from wealth and freedom to poverty and inequality. Focusing on the archetypal Long Island communities of the postwar era, Keogh shows that a key driver of suburban development and the segregation it embodi... Full description
- Introduction
- The future Detroit of the East : from residential to industrial suburbia
- The crabgrass wasn't always greener : poverty amidst suburban plenty
- Attics, basements, and sheds : housing the poor during the suburban boom
- Fair without full employment : the limits of equal opportunity
- The suburban war on poverty
- Shouldering their "fair share" : why the suburbs could not resolve the "urban crisis"
- The Long Island miracle : suburbia into the next century
- Conclusion : lessons from Long Island's past.