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Stewart, Jules

 
9781350185944: Gotham Rising: New York in the 1930s
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ISBN 10: 1350185949 ISBN 13: 9781350185944
Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

Sinopsis

Often described as the greatest city in the world, New York is one of the iconic cities of the world. Yet much of its architecture and culture which so defines the city we know today only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city’s 400 year history. Jules Stewart shows how, after the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression, New York rose from the ashes and underwent an architectural, economic, social and creative renaissance under the leadership of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. After seizing power, he declared war on the mafia mobs running vast swathes of the city, attacked political corruption and kick-started the economy through a variety of construction and infrastructure projects. At the same time, a cultural revolution was underway as the jazz age and the Harlem Renaissance took hold. From the Empire State Building to the Pastrami Sandwich and the Cotton Club, Gotham Rising tells the story of when the city we know today came of age.

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Acerca del autor

Jules Stewart is a journalist and author. He was born in New York and was a lecturer in Spanish language and literature before moving to Madrid, where he lived for twenty years. He now lives in London. His books include Madrid: The History; Albert: A Life; The Kaiser's Mission to Kabul; On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars; and Gotham Rising: New York in the 1930s (I.B.Tauris). In addition, he is the author of Crimson Snow: Britain's First Disaster in Afghanistan; The Savage Border: The Story of the North-West Frontier; Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya; and The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury Academic
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1350185949
ISBN 13 
9781350185944
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
308
Contacto del fabricante
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