Publication

2006 - Routledge, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

76,250 words, Guess

Page Count

305 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads4596647
  • LibraryThing3915098

Classifications

  • DDC974.7/1
  • LCCF128.3 .R45 2006

Description

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.

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Other Editions

  • The restless city: a short history of New York from colonial times to the presentRoutledge2006-01-01

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