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"A Junior Library Guild Selection"--Front jacket flap. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Creating the city: Wall Street 1600-1800 -- Building the city: Union Square 1800-1890 -- The City Electric: 42nd Street 1900-1920s -- Difference: West 4th Street, 125th Street 1900-1930s -- The city sufferers: Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, Union Square 1930-1945 -- World city, fractured city, world city: 42nd Street, West 4th Street, Union Square, Wall Street, 125th Street 1945-present. |
| Summary |
"A veteran nonfiction storyteller dives deep into the four-hundred-year history of Manhattan to map the island's unexpected intersections. Focusing on the evolution of four streets and a square (Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, and Union Square) Marc Aronson explores how new ideas and forms of art evolved from social blending."--Amazon. |
| Subject |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Young adult literature.
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Informational works.
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Illustrated works.
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| Other title |
History of Manhattan and the New York idea |
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4 streets & a square |
| ISBN |
9780763651374
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0763651370
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