New York calling
Subtitle: from blackout to Bloomberg
By: edited by Marshall Berman and Brian Berger.
Contributors: Berman, Marshall, 1940-; Berger, Brian.
Publisher: Reaktion
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781861893383
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
Description: This illustrated collection of newly commissioned essays explores the vibrant, cosmopolitan, colourful and sometimes downright weird faces of New York since 1977 and from a primarily male perspective. All five boroughs come in for thought-provoking explorations of their diverse inhabitants, trademark landscapes and modern-day issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-362).