The end of the Hamptons : scenes from the class struggle in America's paradise / Corey Dolgon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolgon, Corey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamptons (N.Y.)--Social conditions.

Hamptons (N.Y.).

Hamptons (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Hamptons (N.Y.)--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2005]

Summary:

In this absorbing account of New York's famous vacation playground, Corey Dolgon goes beyond the celebrity tales of P. Diddy, Lizzie Grubman, Calvin Klein, and their polo games to tell us the story of this complex and contentious land.

Contents:

Waves upon the shore : coming to the Hamptons from the earliest times to the 1970s

Houses in the fields : New York City moves east

Peconic County now! : whose quality of life is it anyway?

Polo ponies and penalty kicks : sports on the east end

The other Hamptons : race and class in America's paradise

From clam beds to casinos : the enduring battle over Native American land rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-270) and index.

ISBN:

0814719589

OCLC:

56825645