Making Long Island: A History of Growth and the American Dream

by Lawrence R. Samuel

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Discover the history of the development of Long Island and its intimate relationship with New York City. /

Beginning in the Roaring Twenties, Wall Street money looked eastward to Nassau and Suffolk counties looking generate wealth from a land boom. After the Great Depression and World War II, Long Island was the site of the creation of the quintessential postwar American suburb, Levittown. Levittown and its spinoff suburban communities served...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1467154970

ISBN13:9781467154970

Release Date:October 2023

Publisher:History Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 8.7"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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