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Parkchester - A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity (Hardcover)
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Parkchester - A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity (Hardcover)
Series: Washington Mews Books
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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 as a "city within a city,"
offering many of the attractions and comforts of suburbia, but
without the transportation issues that plagued commuters who
trekked into New York City every day. This new neighborhood
initially constituted a desirable alternative to inner city
neighborhoods for white ethnic groups with the means to leave their
Depression-era homes. In this bucolic environment within Gotham,
the Irish and Italian Catholics, white Protestants and Jews lived
together rather harmoniously. In Parkchester, Jeffrey S. Gurock
explains how and why a "get along" spirit prevailed in Parkchester
and marked a turning point in ethnic relations in the city. Gurock
is also attuned to, and documents fully, the egregious side to the
neighborhood's early history. Until the late 1960s, Parkchester was
off-limits to African Americans and Latinos. He is also sensitive
to the processes of integration that took place once the community
was opened to all and explains why transition was made without
significant turmoil and violence that marked integration in other
parts of the city. This eight decade history takes Parkchester's
tale up to the present day and indicates that while the
neighborhood is today predominantly African American and Latino,
and home to immigrants from all over the world, the spirit of
conviviality still prevails on its East Bronx streets. As a child
of Parkchester himself, Gurock couples his critical expertise as
leading scholar of New York City's history with an insider's
insight in producing a thoughtful, nuanced understanding of ethnic
and race relations in the city.
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