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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... Hundred Acres, Hell's Kitchen, the slums, the waterfront. In spite of its being thus limited in temporal and topographical scope, this is also, I believe, a book about New York City today. The firmament that is New York is greater than ...
... Hundred Acres, Hell's Kitchen, the slums, the waterfront. In spite of its being thus limited in temporal and topographical scope, this is also, I believe, a book about New York City today. The firmament that is New York is greater than ...
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... hundred years ago ; the homeless are camped on the sites of nineteenth- century shantytowns ; street peddlers pitch their wares in spots that once saw pushcart lineups or thieves ' markets . Around Tompkins Square Park are flurries of ...
... hundred years ago ; the homeless are camped on the sites of nineteenth- century shantytowns ; street peddlers pitch their wares in spots that once saw pushcart lineups or thieves ' markets . Around Tompkins Square Park are flurries of ...
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... hundred people . Around the turn of the century , such an edifice could be built for $ 25,000 , which made for a relatively long - term investment , but would scarcely encourage the endowment of amenities by the owner . The sum would ...
... hundred people . Around the turn of the century , such an edifice could be built for $ 25,000 , which made for a relatively long - term investment , but would scarcely encourage the endowment of amenities by the owner . The sum would ...
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... hundred tenement buildings between Greenwich Village and Canal Street, an assemblage of ancient frame dwellings that collectively resembled a shantytown built from rubbish. Their inhabitants were mostly native - born Anglo - Saxons , and.
... hundred tenement buildings between Greenwich Village and Canal Street, an assemblage of ancient frame dwellings that collectively resembled a shantytown built from rubbish. Their inhabitants were mostly native - born Anglo - Saxons , and.
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... hundred or so feet square , nothing to inspire ceremonial fountains or formal gardens . Still , it was an improvement . Lower floors might get an hour or two of sunlight during the day , and wash lines could be discreetly hung within ...
... hundred or so feet square , nothing to inspire ceremonial fountains or formal gardens . Still , it was an improvement . Lower floors might get an hour or two of sunlight during the day , and wash lines could be discreetly hung within ...
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