02944nam 2200565 450 991081176950332120191118111955.01-350-98664-X1-78673-043-X1-78672-043-410.5040/9781350986640(CKB)3710000000933868(MiAaPQ)EBC4733166(OCoLC)1128162420(CaBNVSL)9781350986640(CaBNVSL)mat50986640(EXLCZ)99371000000093386820191118d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGotham rising New York in the 1930s /Jules Stewart ; foreword by Amor TowlesFirst edition.London, England :I.B. Tauris,2019.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (308 pages) illustrations1-350-18594-9 1-78453-529-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.Brother, can you spare a dime? -- The little flower and Goliath -- Trouble in the streets -- 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' -- All that jazz -- Gotham gets a facelift -- The thing about skyscrapers -- Seventy-seventh floor, please -- Anything you can do -- You're the top -- They all laughed at Rockefeller Center -- Village life -- Huddled masses yearning to breathe.New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city's 400-year history. After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression seemed to spell disaster for the vibrant city. Yet, in this era, New York underwent an architectural, economic, social and creative renaissance under the leadership of the charismatic 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 --Source other than Library of Congress.Nineteen thirtiesSocial historyHistory of the AmericasNew York (N.Y.)History1898-1951New York (N.Y.)Social conditions20th centuryNineteen thirties.Social history.974.71042Stewart Jules1627329Towles AmorAU@CaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910811769503321Gotham rising3963862UNINA