Gotham Rising

New York in the 1930s

Nonfiction, Travel, Business & Finance, History
Cover of the book Gotham Rising by Jules Stewart, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jules Stewart ISBN: 9781786720436
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: October 28, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author: Jules Stewart
ISBN: 9781786720436
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: October 28, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

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. In culture, this was the age of the Harlem Renaissance championed by writers like Langston Hughes, the jazz age with the advent of Tin-Pan Alley, the Cotton Club and immortals such as Duke Ellington making his name in the Big Apple. Weaving these stories together, Jules Stewart tells the story of an iconic city in a time of change.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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. In culture, this was the age of the Harlem Renaissance championed by writers like Langston Hughes, the jazz age with the advent of Tin-Pan Alley, the Cotton Club and immortals such as Duke Ellington making his name in the Big Apple. Weaving these stories together, Jules Stewart tells the story of an iconic city in a time of change.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book The Last Man by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Princess of Glass by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book British Sports Cars of the 1950s and ’60s by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Warriors by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Thinking in Literature: Joyce, Woolf, Nabokov by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book The Quirks and the Freaky Field Trip by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Aga Roast by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Apocalyptic Fiction by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Casting the Gods Adrift by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book The Son of God Beyond the Flesh by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book The Poets' Wives by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book The Train in Spain by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Modernity and the Political Fix by Jules Stewart
Cover of the book Surveillance, Privacy and Trans-Atlantic Relations by Jules Stewart
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy