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

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

This book tells the story of a remarkable group of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City in the late nineteenth cen

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New Amsterdam and British New York: The History of New York City as a Colonial Possession before the Revolutionary War

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of colonial New York *Includes a bibliography for further reading “O

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Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism 9781978814530

The Caribbean has long been a key area for empires warring over influence spheres, and where migration waves from Africa

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New York City Politics: Governing Gotham 9780813586694

Most experts consider economic development to be the dominant factor influencing urban politics. They point to the impor

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New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times 9780814769355

The City Section of The New York Times shows us "real New Yorkers". “There are eight million stories in the

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

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Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century 9780812202601

In Skyscraper, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and

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Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City 9780231520904

In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. Yet by the end of h

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History of the City of New York, Volume 2 9783849649623

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City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics 0814788173, 9780814788172, 9780814788202

2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design In the 1990s, improving the quality of life be

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