The Harlem Uprising. Segregation and Inequality in Postwar New York City, Paperback - Christopher Hayes

In July 1964, after a white police officer shot and killed a Black teenage boy, unrest broke out in Harlem and then Bedford-Stuyvesant. Christopher...

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Contributor(s): Author: Christopher WashburneThis ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s offers detailed accounts of music...

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Lonely Planet's Experience New York City is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Walk through Harlem's rich literary histor...

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DescriptionLOOK UP New York is the first volume of an exciting new series of architecture and design books inspiring architects of all ages. This b...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Tanya HartNumber of pages: 336Collection: Culture, Labor, HistoryPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 1...

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Richard Koszarski chronicles the compelling and often surprising origins of New York's postwar film renaissance. He examines the social, cultural, ...

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Reducere. Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City, Paperback

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Contributor(s): Author: Michael A. LernerIn 1919, the United States embarked on the country's boldest attempt at moral and social reform: Prohibiti...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Daanika GordonNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 20Cover type: Paperb...

Reducere. In this lively and deeply affecting memoir, Rebecca McClanahan tracks the heartbeat of New York as only a stunned newcomer can: in overheard conver...

Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music gives a historical and philosophical account of the discussions of the nature of time and music during ...

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Reducere. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itsel...

How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the...

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From Gotti to Gigante, the names atop today's Mafia organizational charts are old ones. But the times have certainly changed for New York's biggest...

DescriptionDid American racism originate in the liberal North? An inquiry into the system of institutionalized racism created by Northern Jim Crow ...

On August 1, 1944, Miron Bialoszewski, later to gain renown as one of Poland's most innovative poets, went out to run an errand for his mother and ...

A unique collection examining the African urban experience, with a special focus on the causes, consequences and power dynamics of urban inequality...

This book analyses the behaviour of ethnic minority groups in China, using the first comprehensive national dataset dedicated to capturing the soci...

From its origins as a primitive Dutch outpost to the sprawling urban complex it is today, the defining characteristic of New York has been constant...

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Reducere. DescriptionSegregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how...

In The Soft City, the ethnographer Terry Williams ventures deep into the underground world of sex in New York. The book explores different aspects ...

""Adverse Events" explores the connections between race, inequality, and the testing of new pharmaceuticals"--

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Catherine believes that life is a journey. After serving a one year tour in Iraq with the military, Catherine realized life is short and that she n...