Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction xvii
7. 1. Race and Place in Industrial Yonkers 1
8. 2. The Peopling of Nepperhan 18
9. 3. Working-Class Roots 33
10. 4. E Pluribus Unum 53
11. 5. Nepperhan The Prewar Years 67
12. 6. Runyon Heights The Postwar Years 93
13. 7. Eisenhower Republicans and Republican Democrats 130
14. 8. Defining Black Space 147
15. Notes 157
16. References 167
17. Index 177