In Levittown's Shadow: Poverty in America's Wealthiest Postwar Suburb
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This history of suburban poverty "drills deep into the social history of Long Island from the 1940s to the '70s. . . . Powerfully illuminating" (Commonweal).
Recommended by Publishers Weekly
There is a familiar narrative about American suburbs: after 1945, white residents left cities for leafy, affluent subdivisions and the prosperity they seemed to embody. In Levittown's Shadow reveals there's more to this story, offering an eye-opening account of diverse, poor residents living and working i...



