The End of the Hamptons
Subtitle: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: June 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780814719978
Subjects: Social History; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; New York; Social Classes; Discrimination & Racism
First sentence: The post-9/11 flood of migrants from New York City to the Hamptons may have made local news, but it certainly was not the first time that signs of urban danger or decay inspired metropolitans to seek the more peaceful, bucolic landscapes of Long Island's East End.