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Gotham Rising : New York in the 1930s.

New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stewart, Jules
Otros Autores: Towles, Amor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Illustrations ; Foreword by Amor Towles ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ; 2. The Little Flower and Goliath ; 3. Trouble in the Streets ; 4. 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' ; 5. All That Jazz ; 6. Gotham Gets a Facelift ; 7. The Thing about Skyscrapers ; 8. Seventy-Seventh Floor, Please ; 9. Anything You Can Do ; 10. You're the Top ; 11. They All Laughed at Rockefeller Center ; 12. Village Life ; 13. Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Images Section ; Index.