The Restless City: A Short History of New York from Colonial Times to the PresentNew York has always been a bellwether for the nation, representing both its brightest ambitions and its darkest fears. The Restless City is a short, readable history of New York City, from colonial times to the present, showing how the successes and struggles of the city reinforced each other to create a distinctly dynamic, shocking, and therefore influential city. Organized around conventional time periods, each chapter provides an introduction to the era, followed by four or five mini-essays on different economic, political, social, or cultural conflicts that impacted NYC in that time period. This would make a great short text for a course on New York history, or on urban history and the development of the American city. |
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Gotham The Paradoxical City 18001840 | 31 |
The Proud and Passionate City 18401865 | 55 |
The Empire City Questioning the Gilded Age | 79 |
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