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Nonstop Metropolis,the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts - from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists - amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey. We are invited to travel through Manhattans playgrounds, from polyglot Queens to many-faceted Brooklyn, and from the resilient Bronx to the mystical kung fu hip-hop mecca of Staten Island. The contributors to this exquisitely designed and gorgeously illustrated volume celebrate New York Citys unique vitality, its incubation of the avant-garde, and its literary history, but they also critique its racial and economic inequality, environmental impact, and erasure of its past.
List of contents
INTRODUCTION
CENTERS AND EDGES
MAP 1. SINGING THE CITY: THE NEW YORK OF DREAMS
OUR CITY OF SONGS, BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO, GARNETTE CADOGAN, VALERIA LUISELLI, JOE BOYD, WILL BUTLER, MIRISSA NEFF, TEJU COLE, MARGO JEFFERSON, AND BARRY LOPEZ
MAP 2. CAPITAL OF CAPITAL: HOW NEW YORK HAPPENED
THE BEST CITY MONEY CAN BUY, BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO
MAP 3. CRASH: CRISES AND COLLISIONS IN 21ST-CENTURY LOWER MANHATTAN
FALLING AND RISING IN LOWER MANHATTAN, BY ASTRA TAYLOR
MAP 4. RIOT! PERIODIC ERUPTIONS IN VOLCANIC NEW YORK
THE VIOLENCE OF INEQUALITY, BY LUC SANTE
MAP 5. CARBONIFEROUS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CITY
PETRO GOTHAM, PEOPLE’S GOTHAM, BY DANIEL ALDANA COHEN
MAP 6. WATER AND POWER: THE REACH OF THE CITY
THIRSTS AND GHOSTS, BY HEATHER SMITH
MAP 7. HARPER’S AND HARPOONERS: WHALING AND PUBLISHING IN MELVILLE’S MANHATTAN
SAILORS AND SCRIVENERS, BY PAUL LA FARGE
MAP 8. WHAT IS A JEW? FROM EMMA GOLDMAN TO GOLDMAN SACHS
MY YIDDISHE PAPA, BY SHEERLY AVNI
THE LOST WORLD OF JEWISH FLATBUSH, BY JOEL DINERSTEIN
MAP 9. ARCHIPELAGO: THE CARIBBEAN’S FAR NORTH
OF ISLANDS AND OTHER MOTHERS, BY GAIUTRA BAHADUR
MAP 10. CITY OF WOMEN
THE POWER OF NAMES, BY REBECCA SOLNIT
MAP 11. LOVE AND RAGE
MAP 12. CITY OF WALKERS: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
ROUND AND ROUND, BY GARNETTE CADOGAN
MAP 13. WILDLIFE
THE OYSTERS IN THE SPIRE, BY REBECCA SOLNIT
MAP 14. OUR LATIN THING: NEW YORK CITY RADIO EN ESPANOL
THE MEGA MEZCLAPOLIS, BY ALEXANDRA T. VAZQUEZ
MAP 15. BURNING DOWN AND RISING UP: THE BRONX IN THE 1970S
NEW YORK CITY: SEEING THROUGH THE RUINS, BY MARSHALL BERMAN
INTERVIEWS WITH VALERIE CAPERS, GRANDMASTER CAZ, GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE,AND MELLE MEL
MAP 16. MAKERS AND BREAKERS: OLMSTED, MOSES, JACOBS SHAPE THE CITY
WAYS AND MEANS, BY JONATHAN TARLETON
MAP 17. TRASH IN THE CITY: DUMPING ON STATEN ISLAND AND BEYOND
COMING CLEAN, BY LUCY R. LIPPARD
MAP 18. MYSTERIOUS LAND OF SHAOLIN: THE WU-TANG CLAN’S STATEN ISLAND
BREATHING SPACE: AN INTERVIEW WITH RZA, BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO
MAP 19. BROWNSTONES AND BASKETBALL: BROOKLYN’S HOME GROUNDS AND GAMES
EMPIRE OF BROWNSTONE AND BRICK, BY THOMAS J. CAMPANELLA
PRISONERS OF RED HOOK, BY FRANCISCO GOLDMAN
MAP 20. BROOKLYN VILLAGES
FREED BUT NOT FREE, BY SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS
MAP 21. PUBLIC/PRIVATE: A MAP OF CHILDHOODS
PLAYGROUNDS I HAVE KNOWN, BY EMILY RABOTEAU
MAP 22. THE SUBURBAN THEORY OF THE AVANT-GARDE: NEW JERSEY’S GREATS
NORTH STARS AND GOSPEL BATTLES: PETER COYOTE’S JERSEY MEMORIES
MAP 23. PLANTING LIBERTY: 350 YEARS OF FREEDOM IN FLUSHING
“LAW OF LOVE, PEACE AND LIBERTIE,” BY GARNETTE CADOGAN
MAP 24. MOTHER TONGUES AND QUEENS: THE WORLD’S LANGUAGES CAPITAL
TOWER OF SCRABBLE, BY SUKETU MEHTA
MAP 25. BLACK STAR LINES: HARLEM SECULAR AND SACRED
HOME TO HARLEM, BY CHRISTINA ZANFAGNA
MAP 26. OSCILLATING CITY: MANHATTAN, DAY AND NIGHT
SCHLEPTROPOLIS, BY THOMAS J. CAMPANELLA
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
About the author
Rebecca Solnit, geb. 1961 in Kalifornien, ist Essayistin und Kulturhistorikerin. Themen ihrer Werke sind Kultur, Politik und Umwelt. Für ihre Arbeit erhielt sie u.a. den Lannan Literary Award sowie den renommierten National Book Critics Circle Award. Über ihr Schreiben hinaus engagiert sich Rebecca Solnit seit vielen Jahren aktiv in der Umwelt- und Menschenrechtsbewegung. Ein Engagement, das auch in ihrem 2005 bei Pendo erschienenen Buch Hoffnung in der Dunkelheit Niederschlag fand. Rebecca Solnit lebt und arbeitet in San Francisco.
Summary
Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.
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"Told through a series of innovative and interesting maps, atlases, and insightful characters, this book shows the layers of the city as detailed by various photographers, cartographers, and locals over the years."
