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Gotham Rising - New York in the 1930s (Paperback)
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Gotham Rising - New York in the 1930s (Paperback)
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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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