Evelyn Gonzalez
1) The Bronx
Author
Language
English
Description
The rise and fall and rise of the South Bronx: "A thoughtful story of urbanization in a place that most Americans know only stereotypically." -American Historical Review
Home to the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immigrants eager to leave the crowded tenements of Manhattan in pursuit of the American dream. Once hailed as a "wonder borough" of beautiful...