Literary Brooklyn: the writers of Brooklyn and the story of American city life 9780805089868, 9781429973069, 0805089861

For the first time, here is Brooklyn's story through the eyes of its greatest storytellers. Like Paris in the twen

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Literary Brooklyn: the writers of Brooklyn and the story of American city life
9780805089868, 9781429973069, 0805089861

A major new history of Brooklyn through its buildings and landscapes, and the people who made them, from its origins in

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In The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn, Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler tell the story of nineteenth-centu

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When middle-class residents fled American cities in the 1960s and 1970s, government services and investment capital left

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A classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time--the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. This monume

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Boss of Black Brooklyn presents a riveting and untold story about the struggles and achievements of the first black pers

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From the acclaimed chef and owner of Brooklyn Delhi, a debut cookbook focused on the celebrated vegetarian fare of South

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A history of Brooklyn that focuses on the different groups of immigrants and how they affected the city's people an

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From the acclaimed chef and owner of Brooklyn Delhi, a debut cookbook focused on the celebrated vegetarian fare of South

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A narrative of the development of the center and its relations with the surrounding community. The authors supply case s

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