The Bronx and Its Neighborhoods Early Beginnings The Changing Landscape Emerging Neighborhoods Boosting a Borough Urban Neighborhoods The South Bronx The Road Back
"No Bronx cheer for The Bronx. Evelyn Gonzalez's revelatory narrative renders the Bronx as more than a place of deindustrial disorder and urban abandonment. Here rural villages and bucolic retreats were transformed into the nation's fastest growing urban neighborhood by the turn of the twentieth century. Moving from the manor estates of Gouverneur Morris to the factories of Jordan Mott to Frederick Law Olmsted's ignored neighborhood plans to Colin Powell's Kelley Street to the nadir of Fort Apache, the enigmatic vitality of this understudied borough comes alive. Gonzalez's Bronx is New York writ small." -- Timothy J. Gilfoyle, professor of American history, Loyola University Chicago "The Bronx has come back from a devastating experience with disinvestment, arson, and abandonment. Its revival is but one stage in the succession of changes chronicled by Evelyn Gonzalez with precision and style. From village to staging ground to a mosaic of diverse neighborhoods, the Bronx's story is worth reading and pondering as it undergoes yet another transformation in the twenty-first century." -- Howard Gillette, professor of history, Rutgers University "Professor Gonzalez has provided the Bronx with a much-needed cultural asset of immense value by way of a deeply researched and especially well-written history. This informative book will prove a source of enjoyment and edification for general readers as well as scholars. The Bronx merits an essential place, today and for future generations, on the bookshelf of American urban history." -- Michael H. Ebner, A. B. Dick Professor of History, Lake Forest College
Evelyn Gonzalez is associate professor of history at William Paterson University in New Jersey.
"Gonzalez's reporting and research are excellent, and scholars will appreciate the extensive bibliography... recommended for public and academic libraries." -- Library Journal "Gonzalez has given New York and the Bronx a historical snapshot of the sometimes forgotten borough in The Bronx." -- New York Resident "Ms. Gonzalez has created a text, not only of historic value, but also one that should serve as a contemporary study of urbanization... for serious students and teachers of Bronx history or urban studies. Every library should have a copy... It's well worth a read." -- Bronx Times Reporter "This is must reading for any historian interested in exploring the process of suburbanization's impact on New York City...Recommended." -- Choice "This book tells a thoughtful story of urbanization in a place that most Americans know only stereotypically." -- Darrel E. Bigham, American Historical Review "Evelyn Gonzalez and Columbia University Press earn warm praise for this valuable book." -- Joeseph Dorinson, H-Urban
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