The restless city
Subtitle: a short history of New York from colonial times to the present
By: Joanne Reitano.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: City of the whirlpool, 1609-1799; title: Gotham : the paradoxical city, 1800-1840; title: The proud and passionate city, 1840-1865; title: The empire city : questioning the Gilded Age, 1865-1899; title: The city of ambition : progressivism on trial, 1900-1919; title: The Big Apple : pursuing the dream, 1920-1945; title: World city : redefining Gotham, 1945-1969; title: The Big Apple redux : leadership under fire, 1970-1993; title: The supercity and the supermayor, 1993-2001.