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Tables of Contents for South Bronx Rising
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
ix
Introduction to the 2002 Edition
xiii
Foreword
xvii
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Introduction: Do Not Give Way to Evil
3
8
``It Is a Veritable Paradise'' 1639--1900
11
16
The First Boom 1900--1922
27
14
Boss Flynn 1922
41
10
``The Bronx Is a Great City'' 1923--1929
51
14
``Hard Hit by the Depression'' 1929--1932
65
13
The New Deal Years 1933--1939
78
7
War Fever 1939--1945
85
6
The Diaspora after the War 1946--1953
91
14
``There Was No Standing Still'' 1952--1953
105
12
``Moses Thinks He's God'' 1954--1959
117
10
The New Boss 1959--1963
127
10
``Horse Was the New Thing'' 1960
137
7
The New ``Other Half'' 1962--1966
144
9
The Pondiac's Last Hurrah 1961--1967
153
11
The Puerto Rican and the Priest 1962--1967
164
11
Mau-mauing the City 1967
175
7
Who Will Be Caudillo? 1968--1969
182
17
``The Whole Place Was Caving In'' 1969--1970
199
6
Interlude: Sweet Days on Charlotte Street 1925--1951
205
14
Charlotte Street: It Was Not a ``Good'' Neighborhood 1951--1961
219
6
Charlotte Street: ``What a Madhouse It Was'' 1961--1968
225
6
Charlotte Street: The Fires 1969--1973
231
5
Charlotte Street: The Gangs 1970--1975
236
13
Charlotte Street: The Collapse 1973--1975
249
19
The Grand Concourse 1965--1969
268
13
The Hotel and the Concourse 1969--1976
281
7
Roosevelt Gardens 1974--1975
288
12
The Grass Roots 1974--1977
300
11
The President's Magic Visit 1977--1978
311
13
Disenchantment 1979--1980
324
9
Charlotte Street and National Politics 1980
333
12
``The Next Part of the South Bronx'' 1972--1978
345
18
``We're Still Here'' 1978--1982
363
13
White Picket Fences 1984
376
13
``South Bronx Rising'': 1985--2002
389
52
Notes
441
12
Bibliography
453
10
Acknowledgement
463
4
Index
467