Slumming in New York: From the Waterfront to Mythic Harlem

by Robert Dowling

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This remarkable exploration of the underbelly of New York City life from 1880 to 1930 takes readers through the city's inexhaustible variety of distinctive neighborhood cultures. Slumming in New York samples a number of New York "slumming" narratives--including Stephen Crane's Bowery tales, Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods, Hutchins Hapgood's The Spirit of the Ghetto, Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives, ...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:025207632X

ISBN13:9780252076329

Release Date:December 2008

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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