Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1 Rural County
6. 1 Queens under the Dutch and the E nglish 19
7. 2 The Rural Landscape 45
8. 3 The Railroad and Long Island 63
9. 4 The Verdant Suburbs 101
10. 5 The Noxious Industries 119
11. 6 The Leisure Landscape 133
12. Part 2 Urban Borough
13. 7 The Politics of Consolidation 163
14. 8 The Queensboro Bridge 189
15. 9 The Booming Borough 217
16. 10 The Crisis of the Great Depression 241
17. 11 Building the World of Tomorrow 261
18. 12 Prosperity and Stability in Postwar Queens 281
19. 13 The Most Diverse Place on the Planet 311
20. Acknowledgments 331
21. Notes 335
22. Bibliography 367
23. Index 389
24. About the Author 409