Bibliograph

Four streets and a square, a history of Manhattan and the New York idea, Marc Aronson

Type

Label

Four streets and a square, a history of Manhattan and the New York idea, Marc Aronson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsportraitsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Four streets and a square

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Marc Aronson

Sub title

a history of Manhattan and the New York idea

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adolescent

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History of Manhattan and the New York idea4 streets & a square

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