Winner of the 2005 Book Prize from the Association for Humanist
Sociology A portrait of the contentious, controversial history of
the Manhattan elite's favorite fabled summer playground 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 Americans by the Puritans to the first wave
of Manhattan elites who built the Summer Colony, to the current
infusion of telecommuting Manhattanites who now want to live there
year-round, the story of the Hamptons is a vicious cycle of
supposed paradise lost. Drawing on this fabled land's history, The
End of the Hamptons provides a fascinating portrait of current
controversies: the Native Americans fighting over land claims and
threatening to build a casino, the environmental activists clashing
with the McMansion builders, and the Latino day laborers and
working-class natives trying to eke out a living in an
ever-increasingly expensive town.
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