Empire city: the making and meaning of
Auteur :
Scobey, David
Éditeur :
Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN :
9781592132355
Date de publication :
30 sept. 2003
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 2,3 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When the locals and the rest of the world say 'New York', they mean Manhattan, a crowded island of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods, skyscrapers and tenements, fabulously rich and abjectly poor cheek by jowl. This title tells the story of the dreams that inspired the changes in the landscape and the problems that eluded solution.