The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise

Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Spending Time in the Hamptons 1 1 Waves upon the Shore: Coming to the Hamptons from the Earliest Times to the 1970s 14 2 Houses in the Fields: New York City Moves East 45 3 Peconic County Now! Whose Quality of Life Is It Anyway? 83 4 Polo Ponies and Penalty Kicks: Sports on the East End 119 5 The Other Hamptons: Race and Class in America’s Paradise 157 6 From Clam Beds to Casinos: The Enduring Battle over Native American Land Rights 197 Epilogue 224 Notes 231 Bibliography 259 Index 271 About the Author 277 vii ...