Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (The History of NYC Series)

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When the weather turned cold, the ramp emptied out, and the soundtrack of my commute went silent again but for footsteps and screeches of subway cars on rails. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1994; "The New Temperance: The American Obsession with Sin and Vice," which earned a book award from the Northeast Popular Culture Association in 1998; and "Confronting Homelessness: Poverty, Politics, and the Failure of Social Policy," which secured an Outstanding Book Award from Choice magazine, a publication of the American Library Association, in 2013.

Gotham is monumental history, in the sense of Mount Rushmore or the Holy Family Cathedral in Barcelona: the work of decades, an emblem of an age. It comprises many styles, including Gotham Extra Light Italic, Gotham Book, Gotham Thin Italic, Gotham Book, and others. This was reversed in the last quarter of the nineteenth century when the gilded age barons decided to ascend into plutocrat heaven by marrying their daughters off to the sons of English dukes and earls).More so than just the history of one city, this book is a history of trade, urban life, culture and really America as a whole.

But then I realized I was rating a book not on it's merits, but on the attitude I adopted from the inefficient approach I had for reading this book.PS: in the fall of 2017, around back when I was on page 800 in the fall of 2017, Mike Wallace published volume II. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

The inclusion of so many original ingredients without historical precedent — a lowercase, italics, a comprehensive range of weights and widths, and a character set that transcends the Latin alphabet — enhances these forms’ plainspokenness with a welcome sophistication, and brings a broad range of expressive voices to the Gotham family.But, as I defer to their expertise, perhaps he really was the most important political figure of the final quarter of the nineteenth century. My favorite restaurant was a cozy 12-seater with lime green wallpaper, nestled in a semi-basement floor on East 92nd street. They provide expert and detailed descriptions, disclose all significant defects and/or restorations, provide clear and accurate pricing, and operate with fairness and honesty during the purchase experience. Long before I graduated or knew what I wanted to do with my life, I knew I wanted to live in New York.

This is indicative of what is a more general fault of the book, the lack of authorial personality in its prose.Wagner has authored 12 books since 1990, most of which concern the subject of economic inequality within the United States. It is in fact a portrait of the heart and soul of America, and a book that will mesmerize everyone interested in the peaks and valleys of American life as found in the greatest city on earth.