Colonizing Southampton: The Transformation of a Long Island Community, 1870-1900 (Excelsior Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1438437978 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 378 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He currently lives in Plattsburgh, New York.. David Goddard is a retired Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York and is the author of The Maidstone Links
Mary Cummings, author of Southampton" . Goddard has reached beyond the local to produce an analytic study of business interests and conflict. John A. Southampton Press Goddard s treatment of local history is sophisticated, well informed, and analytically sound. He handles complex concepts adroitly and has made an important contribution to the literature on local history, which has too often been burdened with parochial perceptions and, occasionally, by outright boosterism. In this history, Mr. He has treated local history with a rare seriousness and makes an important contribution to social history in America at the end of the nineteenth century. East Hampton Star Colonizing Sout
Essentially a study in social change and conflict, the book revolves around a number of key issues that preoccupied inhabitants and summer residents alike and were the subject of great controversy at the time, including beach rights, oyster farming in Mecox Bay, and the loss of the Shinnecock Hills, first by the Native American inhabitants and then by the town itself to outside developers. The book also explores salient and significant aspects of Southampton s early history insofar as they relate to the period in question.". This book concerns the emergence and impact of the summer colony in the village of Southampton, New York, between the years 1870 and 1900, particularly the often fraught relations between the area s wealthy resort population and its year-round residents. Due consideration is given to those individuals who played major roles in these disputes