A History of New York by Weil, François

A History of New York (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231129350)

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A History of New York by Weil, François

A History of New York

$26.95
A History of New York by Weil, François

A History of New York

$26.95
Format: Paperback
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New York is not America, Fran ois Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth and offers a compelling chronicle of how it actually developed into a global city--what some have called the capital of the twenty-first century. He shows how the uneasy tension between capitalism and multiculturalism has been at the heart of the city's immense physical, social, economic, and cultural transformation--as well as of American notions of what urban "space" is, for whom it exists, and how it is used. The book also captures what makes the city exceptional--from the arts and literature to popular culture and party politics--and reveals New York as both a unique space and a model of American diversity.

Author: Fran輟is Weil
ISBN-10: 0231129351
ISBN-13: 9780231129350
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2004
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.14h x 4.97w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2005 pg. 1754
Library Journal 06/01/2004 pg. 154
Choice 04/01/2005 pg. 1461
By Fran輟is Weil
By Fran輟is Weil
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Fran輟is Weil is directeur d'騁udes and director of the Center for North American Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He has taught at the Universities of Michigan and Virginia, and in 2003 he was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Tulane University. He is the author of Les Franco-Am駻icains, 1860-1980 and Naissance de l'Am駻ique Urbaine, 1820-1920.Jody Gladding's many translations include The Devil's Cloth (Columbia) by Michel Pastoureau and Time Passing (Columbia) by Sylviane Agacinski. She is a poet and the author of Stone Crop.

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