Beschreibung:
In Freedomland, Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City's story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideals of economic and social justice.
Introduction: Co-op City and the Story of New York1. "The World's Greatest Housing Cooperative": Building a New City, 1965-19682. "Everyone Was Seekinga Utopia": Building a Community, 1968-19733. "We Remember Picket Lines": Cooperator Militancy, 1970-19744. "No Way,We Won't Pay": The Rent Strike, 1975-19765. "We Inherited a Mess!": After the Rent Strike, 1977-19816. "Co-op City Is the Bronx": A Middle-Class Community, 1982-19937. "The Biggest Housing Bargain in Town": Achieving Financial Stability, 1981-1993Epilogue: Freedomland Today