The New York nobody knows : walking 6,000 miles in the city / William B. Helmreich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmreich, William B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Community life.

Neighborhoods.

Civilization.

Manners and customs.

Social conditions.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--21st century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--21st century.

New York (N.Y.)--Civilization--21st century.

Neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York.

Community life--New York (State)--New York.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xv, 449 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Selling Hot Dogs, Planting Flowers, and Living the Dream: The Newcomers 21

3 Diners, Love, Exorcisms, and the Yankees: New York's Communities 71

4 Dancing the Bachata, Playing Bocci, and the Chinese Scholars' Garden: Enjoying the City 137

5 Tar Beaches, Sidewalk Carvings, Irish Freedom Fighters, and Superman: Spaces in the Big Apple 169

Illustrations following page 215

6 From Washington Heights to Hudson Heights, from Soho to Soha: Gentrification 231

7 Assimilation, Identity, or Something Else: The Future of Ethnic New York 296

8 Conclusions 346.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-436) and index.

ISBN:

9780691144054

0691144052

OCLC:

840160965