The Restless City
A Short History of New York from Colonial Times to the Present
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2006
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-97849-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-97849-1 (ISBN)
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New York has always been a bellwether for the nation, representing both its brightest ambitions and its darkest fears. This book presents a short history of New York City, from colonial times, showing how the successes and struggles of the city reinforced each other to create a distinctly dynamic, shocking, and therefore influential city.
New York has always been a bellwether for the nation, representing both its brightest ambitions and its darkest fears. The Restless City is a short, readable history of New York City, from colonial times to the present, showing how the successes and struggles of the city reinforced each other to create a distinctly dynamic, shocking, and therefore influential city.
Organized around conventional time periods, each chapter provides an introduction to the era, followed by four or five mini-essays on different economic, political, social, or cultural conflicts that impacted NYC in that time period. This would make a great short text for a course on New York history, or on urban history and the development of the American city.
New York has always been a bellwether for the nation, representing both its brightest ambitions and its darkest fears. The Restless City is a short, readable history of New York City, from colonial times to the present, showing how the successes and struggles of the city reinforced each other to create a distinctly dynamic, shocking, and therefore influential city.
Organized around conventional time periods, each chapter provides an introduction to the era, followed by four or five mini-essays on different economic, political, social, or cultural conflicts that impacted NYC in that time period. This would make a great short text for a course on New York history, or on urban history and the development of the American city.
Joanne Reitano is Professor of History at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY.
1. Introduction 2. City of The Whirlpool: 1626-1799 3. Gotham: The Paradoxes of the Early National and Jacksonian City: 1800-1840 4. The Proud and Passionate City: 1840-1865 5. The Empire City: 1865-1899: Questioning the Gilded Age 6. The City of Ambition: Progressivism on Trial, 1900-1919 7. The Big Apple: Pursuing the Dream, 1920-1945 8. World City: Redefining Gotham, 1945-1969 9. The Big Apple Redux: Leadership Under Fire, 1970-1993 10. Shock City and the Supermayor: 1993-2001
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.11.2006 |
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Zusatzinfo | 21 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
ISBN-10 | 0-415-97849-1 / 0415978491 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-97849-1 / 9780415978491 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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