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Greater Gotham - A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 (Hardcover)
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Greater Gotham - A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 (Hardcover)
Series: The History of NYC Series
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In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings
of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to
the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent
repression during and after the First World War. Here is New York
on a whole new scale, moving from national to global prominence -
an urban dynamo driven by restless ambition, boundless energy,
immigrant dreams, and Wall Street greed. Within the first two
decades of the twentieth century, a newly consolidated New York
grew exponentially. The city exploded into the air, with
skyscrapers jostling for prominence, and dove deep into the bedrock
where massive underground networks of subways, water pipes, and
electrical conduits sprawled beneath the city to serve a surging
population of New Yorkers from all walks of life. New York was
transformed in these two decades as the world's second-largest city
and now its financial capital, thriving and sustained by the city's
seemingly unlimited potential. Wallace's new book matches its
predecessor in pure page-turning appeal and takes America's
greatest city to new heights.
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