Brooklyn : : The Once and Future City / / Thomas J. Campanella.
A major new history of Brooklyn, told through its landscapes, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayBrooklyn is a global brand both celebrated and scorned as the hippest place in America. Yet few know the back story of this extraordinary place. In Brookl...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (552 p.) :; 258 b/w illus. 1 map. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1. THE NATAL SHORE
- CHAPTER 2. LADY DEBORAH'S CITY BY THE SEA
- CHAPTER 3. DEATH AND THE PICTURESQUE
- CHAPTER 4. YANKEE WAYS
- CHAPTER 5. WHIP, SPUR, AND SADDLE
- CHAPTER 5. WHIP, SPUR, AND SADDLE
- CHAPTER 10. THE MINISTRY OF IMPROVEMENT
- CHAPTER 11. SALT MARSH OF SUNKEN DREAMS
- CHAPTER 12. GRAND CENTRAL OF THE AIR
- CHAPTER 13. PARADISE ON THE OUTWASH PLAIN
- CHAPTER 14. FIELD OF SCHEMES
- CHAPTER 15. THE BABYLONISH BRICK KILN
- CHAPTER 16. COLOSSUS OF ROADS
- CHAPTER 17. HIGHWAY OF HOPE
- CHAPTER 18. BOOK OF EXODUS
- EPILOGUE. UNDER A TUNGSTEN SUN
- NOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX