{"product_id":"gotham-rising-9781350185944","title":"Gotham Rising","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften described as the greatest city in the world, New York is one of the iconic cities of the world. Yet much of its architecture and culture which so defines the city we know today only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city's 400 year history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJules Stewart shows how, after the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression, New York rose from the ashes and underwent an architectural, economic, social and creative renaissance under the leadership of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. After seizing power, he declared war on the mafia mobs running vast swathes of the city, attacked political corruption and kick-started the economy through a variety of construction and infrastructure projects. At the same time, a cultural revolution was underway as the jazz age and the Harlem Renaissance took hold. From the Empire State Building to the Pastrami Sandwich and the Cotton Club, \u003ci\u003eGotham Rising\u003c\/i\u003e tells the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[This] book may not be revelatory for many New York aficionados, but its historical digressions, nuggets of forgotten footnotes and the stark contradictions in a city ascendant — but also disproportionately poor, homeless and unemployed — make for riveting reading. * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Gotham Rising\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful look at what New York was like in the 1930s. Jules Stewart takes you from the Great Depression right up to the beginning of World War II' * Manhattan Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eFilled with enticing details and vivid portraits of the titans who drove New York in the 1930s, Gotham Rising is a delightful romp through one of the city's most dynamic eras. Jules Stewart deftly weaves history with heroes and villains, with fascinating tales of LaGuardia, F.D.R., and Robert Moses, as well as the men who built the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center. * Eric Schmitt, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times correspondent *\u003cbr\u003e\"From its opening irreverent quotations from John Steinbeck and E. B. White, Jules Stewart's \u003ci\u003eGotham Rising: New York in the Thirties\u003c\/i\u003e offers a roguish romp through a remarkable decade that in many ways still defines much about the great American metropolis...The Harlem Renaissance, Greenwich Village bohemia, Tammany Hall politics, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and all the larger-than-life figures directing so much of the action it's an amazing story, well worth telling.' * Anthony W. Robins, author of New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gothams Jazz Age Architecture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Foreword by Amor Towles  Acknowledgements  Preface Introduction  1. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 2. The Little Flower and Goliath  3. Trouble in the streets 4. ‘I Can’t Figger What Dis City is Comin’ To’  5. All That Jazz  6. Gotham Gets a Facelift  7. The Thing about Skyscrapers  8. Seventy-Seventh Floor, Please  9. Anything You Can Do 10. You’re the Top 11. They All Laughed at Rockefeller Center  12. Village Life 13. Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free  Notes  Bibliography  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738599797079,"sku":"9781350185944","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350185944.jpg?v=1723812145","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gotham-rising-9781350185944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}