The End of the Hamptons : : Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise / / Corey Dolgon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Dolgon, Corey,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Waves upon the Shore --; 2. Houses in the Fields --; 3. Peconic County Now! --; 4. Polo Ponies and Penalty Kicks --; 5. The Other Hamptons --; 6. From Clam Beds to Casinos --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814785126; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814785126.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Corey Dolgon.

Winner of the 2005 Book Prize from the Association for Humanist SociologyIn 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.