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A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves.
?John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review


Lucy Sante''s Low Life is a portrait of America''s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity.

This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city''s slums; the teeming streets--scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape.

Low Life voyages through Manhattan from four different directions. Part One examines the actual topography of Manhattan from 1840 to 1919; Part Two, the era''s opportunities for vice and entertainment--theaters and saloons, opium and cocaine dens, gambling and prostitution; Part Three investigates the forces of law and order which did and didn''t work to contain the illegalities; Part Four count

Low Life Lures and Snares of Old New York

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A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves. ?John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book... Read more

    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    Publication Date: 11/24/2003 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780374528997, 978-0374528997
    ISBN10: 0374528993

    Number of Pages: 496

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

    Description

    A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves.
    ?John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review


    Lucy Sante''s Low Life is a portrait of America''s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity.

    This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city''s slums; the teeming streets--scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape.

    Low Life voyages through Manhattan from four different directions. Part One examines the actual topography of Manhattan from 1840 to 1919; Part Two, the era''s opportunities for vice and entertainment--theaters and saloons, opium and cocaine dens, gambling and prostitution; Part Three investigates the forces of law and order which did and didn''t work to contain the illegalities; Part Four count

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