Brooklyn : The Once and Future City /

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An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades--celebrated and scorned as one of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Campanella, Thomas J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE NATAL SHORE; 2 LADY DEBORAH'S CITY BY THE SEA; 3 DEATH AND THE PICTURESQUE; 4 YANKEE WAYS; 5 WHIP, SPUR, AND SADDLE; 6 THE ISLE OF OFFAL AND BONES; 7 A HOUSE FOR THE GOD OF SPEED; 8 THE STEAMPUNK ORB; 9 PORT OF EMPIRE; 10 THE MINISTRY OF IMPROVEMENT; 11 SALT MARSH OF SUNKEN DREAMS; 12 GRAND CENTRAL OF THE AIR; 13 PARADISE ON THE OUTWASH PLAIN; 14 FIELD OF SCHEMES; 15 THE BABYLONISH BRICK KILN; 16 COLOSSUS OF ROADS; 17 HIGHWAY OF HOPE; 18 BOOK OF EXODUS; EPILOGUE: UNDER A TUNGSTEN SUN; Notes

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