Empire City: New York Through the Centuries
from: Columbia University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 974.71
EAN: 9780231109093
ISBN: 0231109091
Label: Columbia University Press
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1008
Publication Date: June 24, 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Sales Rank: 177313
Studio: Columbia University Press
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As perhaps never before in its extraordinary history, New York has captured the American imagination. This major anthology brings together not only the best literary writing about New York -- from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Paul Auster, and James Baldwin, among many others -- but also the most revealing essays by politicians, philosophers, city planners, social critics, visitors, immigrants, journalists, and historians.
The anthology begins with an account of Henry Hudson's voyage in 1609 and ends with an essay written especially for this book by John P. Avlon, former Mayor Rudolph Guiliani's speechwriter, called 'The Resilient City,' on the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center as observed from City Hall. The editors have chosen some familiar favorites, such as Washington Irving's A History of New York and Walt Whitman's 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,' as well as lesser-known literary and historical gems, such as Frederick Law Olmsted's plan for Central Park and Cynthia Ozick's 'The Synthetic Sublime' -- an updated answer to E. B. White's classic essay Here Is New York, which is also included. The variety and originality of the selections in Empire City offer a captivating account of New York's growth, and reveal often forgotten aspects of its political, literary, and social history.
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- A Wonderful CollectionHere's a wonderful collection of diverse writings about New York City ranging from an account of Henry ... Read More
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- An Extraordinary CollectionSuperlatives seldom meet the mark, except EMPIRE CITY. This is a book of superlative moods, the city of ... Read More
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- New York's BiographyEditors Kenneth Jackson and David Dunbar have amassed an enormous collection of essays, letters, diary entries, ... Read More
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- Before you do anything else, READ THIS BOOKI bought this book as soon as it was in stores because David Dunbar, my former teacher, wrote it and he is a GENIUS. ... Read More
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- leaning into "empire city"this book is a masterpiece for anyone on the search. if you are one of those lower east side hipsters who thinks theres ... Read More
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