Supreme City : How jazz age Manhattan gave birth to modern America / Donald L. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Donald L., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.

Physical Description:

xvi, 763 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Summary:

An award-winning historian surveys the astonishing cast of characters who helped turn Manhattan into the world capital of commerce, communication and entertainment.

Contents:

The Jimmy Walker era

Power and politics. A test for Tammany ; Jimmy Walker's New York

Crime and Prohibition. too good to be true ; Owney Madden ; "The night club era" ; "He did it alone"

The making of modern Manhattan. Revenue plucked from the air ; Street of dreams ; Vanishing social citadels ; The woman's city ; Fred French ; Masters of the skyline ; The silver spire ; The magic carpet

Bringing in the future. Sarnoff ; Paley ; Jazz Age baby ; Sluggers ; Tex ; Pursuits ; visions ; Highway under the Hudson ; Poet in steel ; A school of minnows

Jazz Age icons. Music is my mistress ; Master of allure ; A bag of plums

Blue skies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781416550198 ;