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The New York nobody knows : walking 6,000 miles in the city /

As a kid growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father they called ""Last Stop."" They would pick a subway line and ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood there. Decades later, Helmreich teaches university courses about New York,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helmreich, William B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Maps; 1: Introduction; 2: Selling Hot Dogs, Planting Flowers, and Living the Dream: The Newcomers; 3: Diners, Love, Exorcisms, and the Yankees: New York's Communities; 4: Dancing the Bachata, Playing Bocci, and the Chinese Scholars' Garden: Enjoying the City; 5: Tar Beaches, Sidewalk Carvings, Irish Freedom Fighters, and Superman: Spaces in the Big Apple; Illustrations following page; 6: From Washington Heights to Hudson Heights, from Soho to Soha: Gentrification.
  • 7: Assimilation, Identity, or Something Else: The Future of Ethnic New York8: Conclusions; Notes; Neighborhood Glossary; Bibliography; Index.