{"product_id":"a-short-and-remarkable-history-of-new-york-city-9780823219858","title":"A Short and Remarkable History of New York City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW in its fifth Printing which includes the events of September 11, 2001. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by the American Association of University Presses as one of \"The Best of the Best from the University Presses.\" (2000)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew Yorkers love to watch the building of a new skyscraper-particularly the digging of a foundation-through small holes cut into a wooden construction fence. It's one of the great lunch-hour pastimes. Over the years the ubiquitous observer has watched the City grown and change-sometimes with disapproval, sometimes with elation, always with a fond curiosity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis short book, with its events and anecdotes, is a peephole for spying on the history of the City from its foundations up to the present. New York was always destined to be a place of migrants and immigrants. People have come to this mercantile center to work, to build, to learn, to play, and to settle down in a neighborhood. Its people give the City the energy that makes living here a heightened experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short and Remarkable History of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeline of five hundred years of New York City history. It can be read as a story, used for reference, or browsed through for fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Mushabac (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jane Mushabac has written a book on Herman Melville. Her work has appeared in the Village Voice and other periodicals, and she has been a Harvard University fellow. She is a professor at New York City College of Technology, CUNY. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Wigan (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Angela Wigan has written book reviews for Time magazine and other publications. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Oral History Program. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492161032466,"sku":"9780823219858","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_807fc475-1f37-4723-a60e-09a71747cdb1.jpg?v=1730574022","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-short-and-remarkable-history-of-new-york-city-9780823219858","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}