A Phoenix in the Ashes: The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics 0691228205, 9780691228204

Greed and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Doc Gooden, Lawrence Taylor, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and the Mafia in 1980s New York 9781510730649, 1510730648

On October 28, 1986, just one day after winning one of the most thrilling World Series in history, the New York Mets wer

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Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century 9780812241846, 2009004272

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The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh 9781788852296

It started and ended with a financial catastrophe. The Darien disaster of 1700 drove Scotland into union with England, b

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Politics and Government in Byzantium: The Rise and Fall of the Bureaucrats 9780755601936, 9780755601967, 9780755601943

Jonathan Shea is Associate Curator of Coins and Seals at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, and Dean’s Dist

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Politics and Government in Byzantium ; The Rise and Fall of the Bureaucrats 9780755601943

The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. At its start Byzantium was the param

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Racial Migrations: New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean 9780691185750, 9780691183534

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The Con Men: Hustling in New York City 0231170823, 9780231170826

This vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play their game and th

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New York in Cinematic Imagination: The Agitated City 9780367247560, 9780429284205

New York in Cinematic Imagination is an interdisciplinary study into urbanism and cinematic representations of the Ameri

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Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York 9781538134054, 2020007482, 9781538134047

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Breaks in the Air: The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City 147801623X, 9781478016236

In Breaks in the Air John Klaess tells the story of rap’s emergence on New York City’s airwaves by examining how artists

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