Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New YorkMacmillan + ORM, 8 mar. 2016 - 584 pagini The classic social history of corruption and vice in nineteenth-century NYC: “A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves” (John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review). Lucy 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. Low Life voyages through Manhattan from four different directions. Part One examines the actual topography of Manhattan from 1840 to 1919; Part Two, the era’s opportunities for vice and entertainment—theaters and saloons, opium and cocaine dens, gambling and prostitution; Part Three investigates the forces of law and order which did and didn’t work to contain the illegalities; Part Four counterposes the city’s tides of revolt and idealism against the city as it actually was. Low Life is one of the most provocative books about urban life ever written—an evocation of the mythology of the quintessential modern metropolis, which has much to say not only about New York’s past but about the present and future of all cities. |
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... TAJUL THEMEN ATLANTIC GARDENS " A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed , like the streets of New York themselves . " -John Vernon , Los ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW LURES AND SNARES OF OLD NEW YORK LUCY SANTE PICADOR. Front Cover.
... TAJUL THEMEN ATLANTIC GARDENS " A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed , like the streets of New York themselves . " -John Vernon , Los ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW LURES AND SNARES OF OLD NEW YORK LUCY SANTE PICADOR. Front Cover.
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... front and sides were made of marble , but its rear was thought to be so far north that no one would ever see it , so it was built of much cheaper red sandstone . Needless to say , this back face was already surrounded by buildings ...
... front and sides were made of marble , but its rear was thought to be so far north that no one would ever see it , so it was built of much cheaper red sandstone . Needless to say , this back face was already surrounded by buildings ...
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... front yard . An 1861 engraving of Second Avenue and Forty - second Street shows such rowless row houses sprinkled along one side of the avenue , while across the way ramshackle frame houses are perched on eroding hillocks , high above ...
... front yard . An 1861 engraving of Second Avenue and Forty - second Street shows such rowless row houses sprinkled along one side of the avenue , while across the way ramshackle frame houses are perched on eroding hillocks , high above ...
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... front of the engine , announcing its presence as it plowed from Spuyten Duyvil down to Laight Street . The northern end was converted to a system of viaducts in the 1920s , and the southern portion was eventually run through a cutting ...
... front of the engine , announcing its presence as it plowed from Spuyten Duyvil down to Laight Street . The northern end was converted to a system of viaducts in the 1920s , and the southern portion was eventually run through a cutting ...
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... such embellishments as marble mantels , oak wainscoting , dumbwaiters . At the same period a three - room tenement apartment might run nearly $ 20 a month if situated in the front of the building ; three dark rooms in the rear.
... such embellishments as marble mantels , oak wainscoting , dumbwaiters . At the same period a three - room tenement apartment might run nearly $ 20 a month if situated in the front of the building ; three dark rooms in the rear.
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