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New art city
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Jed Perl |
A fascinating, panoramic exploration of art and culture in mid-twentieth-century New York City from one of our most important and influential art critics. New Art City takes us from the solitude of t… |
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February house
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Sherill Tippins |
February House is the irresistible story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers -- and the country's best-known burlesque performer -- in a … |
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The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden
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John M. Dixon |
"Recreates the enlightened culture of an eighteenth-century statesman, botanist, historian, cartographer, and natural philosopher who claimed to have discovered the cause of gravity and who also beca… |
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This ain't no Holiday Inn
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James Lough |
"This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic façade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the hotel in the 1980s and 1990s. Providing a window into th… |
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Rebel Souls
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Justin Martin |
"In the shadow of the Civil War, a circle of radicals in a rowdy saloon changed American society and helped set Walt Whitman on the path to poetic immortality. Rebel Souls is the first book ever writ… |
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The brazen age
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Reid, David |
"A brilliant, sweeping, and unparalleled look at the extraordinarily rich culture and turbulent politics of New York City between the years 1945 and 1950, The Brazen Age opens with Franklin Delano Ro… |
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New York, New York!
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Sabine Sielke |
"Once a center of transatlantic cultural exchange and the avant-garde arts, New York City has transformed into a global metropolis. This book traces a shift that took shape as cultural practices and … |
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A Beautiful Pageant
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David Krasner |
"The Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theatre, drama, sports, dance and politics.
David Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of the exciting years 1910 to 1927 and the divers… |
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Stories of Freedom in Black New York
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Shane White |
"Stories of Freedom in Black New York re-creates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black commu… |
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Irving Howe
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Gerald Sorin |
"By the time he died in 1993 at the age of seventy-three, Irving Howe was one of the twentieth century's most important public thinkers. Deeply passionate, committed to social reform and secular Jewi… |
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Claude McKay
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Wayne F. Cooper |
Although he is recognized today as one of the genuine pioneers of black literature in this century -- the author of "If We Must Die," Home to Harlem, Banana Bottom, and A Long Way from Home, among ot… |
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Street scenes
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Esther Romeyn |
'Street Scenes' focuses on the intersection of modern city life and stage performance. From street life and slumming to vaudeville and early cinema, to Yiddish theatre and blackface comedy, Romeyn di… |
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