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Can I read Parkchester : A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity on EtoBox?
Parkchester : A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity by Jeffrey S. Gurock is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Parkchester : A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity about?
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 neighbo
Who reads Parkchester : A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jeffrey S. Gurock
- Publisher
- Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781479896707
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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