Coney Island

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This is the first new history of Coney Island in half a century, tracing its evolution and cultural impact as an amusement center from its earliest development

Newark's Little Italy

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Michael Immerso traces the history of the First Ward from the arrival of the first Italian in the 1870s until 1953 when the district was uprooted to make way fo

Leaving Little Italy

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Leaving Little Italy explores the various forces that have shaped and continue to mold Italian American culture. Early chapters offer a historical survey of maj

The World in Brooklyn

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The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social,

Coney Island

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Before the Civil War, Coney Island boasted a beach, a dozen small hotels with ramshackle bathhouses, some chowder stands and a few saloons. After the war, it wa