Preface to the Third Edition | ix
Foreword by Nilka Martell | xv
Introduction: Do Not Give Way to Evil | 3
1. "It Is a Veritable Paradise," 1639-1900 | 11
2. The First Boom, 1900-1922 | 27
3. Boss Flynn, 1922 | 41
4. "The Bronx Is a Great City," 1923-1929 | 51
5. "Hard Hit by the Depression," 1929-1932 | 65
6. The New Deal Years, 1933-1939 | 78
7. War Fever, 1939-1945 | 85
8. The Diaspora after the War, 1946-1953 | 91
9. "There Was No Standing Still," 1952-1953 | 105
10. "Moses Thinks He's God," 1954-1959 | 117
11. The New Boss, 1959-1963 | 127
12. "Horse Was the New Thing," 1960 | 137
13. The New "Other Half," 1962-1966 | 144
14. The Pondiac's Last Hurrah, 1961-1967 | 153
15. The Puerto Rican and the Priest, 1962-1967 | 164
16. Mau-mauing the City, 1967 | 175
17. Who Will Be Caudillo?, 1968-1969 | 182
18. "The Whole Place Was Caving In," 1969-1970 | 199
19. Interlude: Sweet Days on Charlotte Street, 1925-1951 | 205
20. Charlotte Street: It Was Not a "Good" Neighborhood, 1951-1961 | 219
21. Charlotte Street: "What a Madhouse It Was," 1961-1968 | 225
22. Charlotte Street: The Fires, 1969-1973 | 231
23. Charlotte Street: The Gangs, 1970-1975 | 236
24. Charlotte Street: The Collapse, 1973-1975 | 249
25. The Grand Concourse, 1965-1969 | 268
26. The Hotel and the Concourse, 1969-1976 | 281
27. Roosevelt Gardens, 1974-1975 | 288
28. The Grass Roots, 1974-1977 | 300
29. The President's Magic Visit, 1977-1978 | 311
30. Disenchantment, 1979-1980 | 324
31. Charlotte Street and National Politics, 1980 | 333
32. "The Next Part of the South Bronx," 1972-1978 | 345
33. "We're Still Here," 1978-1982 | 363
34. White Picket Fences, 1984 | 376
35. "South Bronx Rising," 1985-2002 | 389
36. Still the Poorest Urban Congressional

District in America, 2003-Mid-March 2020 | 441
Covid Afterword | 515
Acknowledgments for the Third Edition | 547
Notes | 551
Bibliography | 569
Third Edition Bibliography | 579
Index | 581