In Levittown's shadow : poverty in America's wealthiest postwar suburb / Tim Keogh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keogh, Tim (Historian), author.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suburbs--New York (State)--Long Island--History--20th century.

Suburbs.

Poverty--New York (State)--Long Island.

Poverty.

Poor--New York (State)--Long Island--Social conditions--20th century.

Poor.

Discrimination in housing--New York (State)--Long Island--History--20th century.

Discrimination in housing.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States--History--20th century.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Equality--Economic aspects--New York (State)--Long Island.

Equality.

Suburbs--New York (State)--Long Island--Economic conditions--20th century.

Long Island (N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Long Island (N.Y.).

Equality--Economic aspects.

Poor--Social conditions.

Suburbs--Economic aspects.

New York (State)--Long Island.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.

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 embodied was not housing but employment. Inequality and injustice were baked into suburban development, but housing discrimination was a secondary expression of this, not a primary cause. As a result, equity-minded suburbs that focused on housing policy rather than employment opportunities were doomed to fail. Keogh hopes to motivate more effective approaches to contemporary inequity by changing our understanding of how it took shape historically"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780226827735

0226827739

9780226827759

0226827755

OCLC:

1358404916