Between Ocean and City The Transformation of Rockaway, New York

Name: Between Ocean and City The Transformation of Rockaway, New York
Price: 57.86 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780231128490

ISBN-10: 0231128495

ISBN-13: 9780231128490

Edition: 2003

Authors: Lawrence Kaplan, Carol P. Kaplan

List price: $45.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

2 new & used from $57.86

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Rockaway Beach was once a popular seaside resort in southern Queens with a small permanent population. Shortly after World War II, large parts of this area became one of New York City's worst slums. This is an account of this transformation, exploring issues of race, class and social policy.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/16/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Lawrence Kaplan, who has taught British and American history at the City College of New York, spent his formative years in Rockaway.Carol P. Kaplan is a practicing social worker and an associate professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.



List of Illustrations


Map of the Rockaways


Preface


Introduction



The Resort in Summer and Winter



Race and Real Estate



The Trestle Burns and the Projects Begin



Rockaway's Welfare



Robert Moses and the End of a Resort



Storms over Title I



Where They Live



Trends of the Sixties



The Whitest Neighborhood in New York



Divergences



The 310 Acres



The Reckoning


Notes


Bibliography


Index