Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New YorkLuc Sante's Low Life is a portrait of America's greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city's slums; the teeming streets--scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape. |
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Comentariu Utilizator - datrappert - LibraryThingIt took me much longer than it should have to finish this book, because I was constantly putting it down to look up people on Wikipedia or to track down referenced books on Project Gutenberg or ... Citiți recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - EricCostello - LibraryThingA generally good book, with a handful of flaws. Sante, in this volume, gives an oversight of what New York City was like from roughly the 1830s to the end of World War I, going through various aspects ... Citiți recenzia completă
Cuprins
THE BODY | 3 |
HOME | 23 |
STREETS | 46 |
The Lights | 71 |
SALOON CULTURE | 104 |
Hop | 141 |
CHANCE | 152 |
THE TIGER | 251 |
SAINTHOOD | 278 |
The Invisible City | 301 |
CARNIVAL | 339 |
AFTERWORD | 363 |
A NOTE ON SOURCES | 381 |
NOTES | 391 |
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