The New York Nobody Knows : Walking 6,000 Miles in the City /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helmreich, William B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions
Neighborhoods.
Manners and customs.
Community life.
Civilization.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Communaute > New York (État) > New York.
Community life > New York (State) > New York.
Neighborhoods > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Moeurs et coutumes > 21e siecle.
New York (N.Y.) > Civilization > 21st century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 21st century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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