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A History of New York
François Weil
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Description for A History of New York
Hardback. In telling the story of how New York has grown from Dutch colonial outpost to the global city, 'the capital of the 21st century', Francois Weil also examines the social tensions that have arisen from this evolving role and how the New York experience has affected American notions of urban space. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 59 photos and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
New York is not America, Francois Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth and offers a compelling chronicle of how it actually developed into a global city-what some have called the capital of the twenty-first century. He shows how the uneasy tension between capitalism and multiculturalism has been at the heart of the city's immense physical, social, economic, and cultural transformation-as well as ... Read more
New York is not America, Francois Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth and offers a compelling chronicle of how it actually developed into a global city-what some have called the capital of the twenty-first century. He shows how the uneasy tension between capitalism and multiculturalism has been at the heart of the city's immense physical, social, economic, and cultural transformation-as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
The Columbia History of Urban Life
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231129343
SKU
V9780231129343
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About François Weil
Francois Weil is directeur d'etudes and director of the Center for North American Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He has taught at the Universities of Michigan and Virginia, and in 2003 he was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Tulane University. He is the author of Les Franco-Americains, 1860-1980 and ... Read more
Reviews for A History of New York
Weil skillfully weaves myriad details and insights about this multicultural metropolis into a coherent work. Library Journal Weil's coverage of the city's history after the late 19th century is concise and thought-provoking... Recommended. Choice Histories of New York City... are wither very thin, or very thick... in the under-five-pound category, this volume wins hands down. New York Journal of American ... Read more