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Language: en
Pages: 360
Pages: 360
This literary anthology celebrates the history and romance of Coney Island with works by some of the 19th and 20th centuries’ greatest authors and poets. Feat
Language: en
Pages: 200
Pages: 200
"Phalen laces his historical narrative throughout with first-person accounts and countless excerpts from the press.... Highly recommended"--Choice Before the Ci
Language: en
Pages: 365
Pages: 365
A 150-year history of the planning, construction, and development of all forms of mass transportation in Brooklyn, New York. How We Got to Coney Island is the d
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
A portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur who designed and built Luna Park - which in 1903 transformed Coney Island into a respectable venue for middle-class re
Language: en
Pages: 152
Pages: 152
Language: en
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
More than simply an escape from New York's sweltering summer streets, the strip of Brooklyn's south shore known as Coney Island embodied a new American attitude
Language: en
Pages: 712
Pages: 712
Popular culture is a central part of everyday life to many Americans. Personalities such as Elvis Presley, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan are more recognizab
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, arc
Language: en
Pages: 396
Pages: 396
“[A] scrupulously researched and beautifully crafted account of how nineteenth-century Americans went in search of health, rest, and diversion.” —Lena Len
Language: en
Pages: 271
Pages: 271
The social and material production of urban nature has recently emerged as an important area in urban studies, human/environmental interactions and social studi