Slumming in New York From the Waterfront to Mythic Harlem |
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| Author:
| Dowling, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07632-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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This remarkable exploration of the underbelly of New York City life from 1880 to 1930 takes readers through the city's inexhaustible variety of distinctive neighborhood cultures. Slumming in New York samples a number of New York ''slumming'' narratives--including Stephen Crane's Bowery tales, Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods, Hutchins ......
This remarkable exploration of the underbelly of New York City life from 1880 to 1930 takes readers through the city's inexhaustible variety of distinctive neighborhood cultures. Slumming in New York samples a number of New York ''slumming'' narratives--including Stephen Crane's Bowery tales, Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods, Hutchins ......