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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like new
- Seller notes
- “Text clean, binding tight.”
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Short Stories
- Era
- 2010s
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780865478312
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
N+1 Foundation
ISBN-10
0865478317
ISBN-13
9780865478312
eBay Product ID (ePID)
203676342
Product Key Features
Book Title
City by City : Dispatches from the American Metropolis
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Essays, Sociology / Urban
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-041300
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for n+1 "So many good writers have come tumbling out of that small journal in the past few years that it's begun to resemble an intellectual clown car." -Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review "Just when you're thinking you're intellectually alone in the world, something like n+1 falls into your hands." -Jonathan Franzen, Coeditors Gessen and Squibb have compiled a diverse offering of voices . . . These essays look critically at how economics, politics, and crime affect metropolises today. It's the human element, however, the citizen stories woven throughout this book, that remind us that no city is an empty vessel-it is shaped by those that occupy it. Recommended for readers with an interest in urban life, literary nonfiction essays, modern American culture, and socioeconomic issues., "Over the course of more than 30 essays (and a few interviews), the writers in this collection observe their cities, or the cities they visit, with an unflagging docu-personal, autodidactic spirit, always with an eye for the unities and disunities of space, history local economy--whatever makes a city. Nearly every piece demonstrates the sensibility that undergirds our best fiction . . . Without writing like this, collected and edited with care over many years, we cannot feel deeply or think clearly enough about the lives of other Americans to pressure against the maniac decisions of state legislatures, for example, or intervene in the tragedy that defines our border with Mexico. As part of n+1 's ongoing contribution to our political, intellectual, and literary scene, City by City . . . could be the most substantial and urgent so far." --Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire "An honest and modern portrait of America, from one coast to the other." --Nicole Jones, Vanity Fair "The spirited, eye-opening examinations of various American cities in this intelligent collection of essays . . . tell a common story of economic vibrancy and ambitious vision followed by 'postindustrial malaise,' economic depression, ecological devastation, and rising crime . . . The most thoughtful and thought-provoking provide personalized histories of various cities' struggles . . . While the collection paints a depressing picture of the modern American city . . . several essays sow seeds of hope for a more promising future: one of environmental renewal and new civic institutions that can renegotiate livable, thriving communities out of a present crisis and a blighted past." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Written in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, these probing, often deeply personal essays crisscross the American continent, from San Diego to Syracuse, to reveal how cities, like their diverse inhabitants, grow, change, crash, and burn-and rise from their own ashes." -- MORE "Chronicling the country's post-crash years, City by City collects essays on such subjects as gentrification in Fresno, California, and the shale oil boom in North Dakota, and offers a trenchant analysis on our changing nation." -- Travel + Leisure "The boom-and-bust fortunes of the 21st-century economy come to light in this fascinating chronicle of American cities. In City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis , editors chose 37 colorful journalistic voices and essays to match the mood of our ever-changing nation . . . These are poignant and personal portraits that capture the economic tides of our times and the current mood of the American spirit." -- American Way "These varied essays offer compelling snapshots of how Americans live, move, and work." -- Kirkus "Coeditors Gessen and Squibb have compiled a diverse offering of voices . . . These essays look critically at how economics, politics, and crime affect metropolises today. It's the human element, however, the citizen stories woven throughout this book, that remind us that no city is an empty vessel-it is shaped by those that occupy it. Recommended for readers with an interest in urban life, literary nonfiction essays, modern American culture, and socioeconomic issues." --Angela Forret, Library Journal, The spirited, eye-opening examinations of various American cities in this intelligent collection of essays . . . tell a common story of economic vibrancy and ambitious vision followed by 'postindustrial malaise,' economic depression, ecological devastation, and rising crime . . . The most thoughtful and thought-provoking provide personalized histories of various cities' struggles . . . While the collection paints a depressing picture of the modern American city . . . several essays sow seeds of hope for a more promising future: one of environmental renewal and new civic institutions that can renegotiate livable, thriving communities out of a present crisis and a blighted past., Chronicling the country's post-crash years, City by City collects essays on such subjects as gentrification in Fresno, California, and the shale oil boom in North Dakota, and offers a trenchant analysis on our changing nation., Praise for City by City "These varied essays offer compelling snapshots of how Americans live, move, and work." - Kirkus, "Over the course of more than 30 essays (and a few interviews), the writers in this collection observe their cities, or the cities they visit, with an unflagging docu-personal, autodidactic spirit, always with an eye for the unities and disunities of space, history local economy--whatever makes a city. Nearly every piece demonstrates the sensibility that undergirds our best fiction . . . Without writing like this, collected and edited with care over many years, we cannot feel deeply or think clearly enough about the lives of other Americans to pressure against the maniac decisions of state legislatures, for example, or intervene in the tragedy that defines our border with Mexico. As part of n+1 's ongoing contribution to our political, intellectual, and literary scene, City by City . . . could be the most substantial and urgent so far." --Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire "An honest and modern portrait of America, from one coast to the other." --Nicole Jones, Vanity Fair "The spirited, eye-opening examinations of various American cities in this intelligent collection of essays . . . tell a common story of economic vibrancy and ambitious vision followed by 'postindustrial malaise,' economic depression, ecological devastation, and rising crime . . . The most thoughtful and thought-provoking provide personalized histories of various cities' struggles . . ." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Written in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, these probing, often deeply personal essays crisscross the American continent, from San Diego to Syracuse, to reveal how cities, like their diverse inhabitants, grow, change, crash, and burn-and rise from their own ashes." -- MORE "Chronicling the country's post-crash years, City by City collects essays on such subjects as gentrification in Fresno, California, and the shale oil boom in North Dakota, and offers a trenchant analysis on our changing nation." -- Travel + Leisure "The boom-and-bust fortunes of the 21st-century economy come to light in this fascinating chronicle of American cities. In City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis , editors chose 37 colorful journalistic voices and essays to match the mood of our ever-changing nation . . . These are poignant and personal portraits that capture the economic tides of our times and the current mood of the American spirit." -- American Way "These varied essays offer compelling snapshots of how Americans live, move, and work." -- Kirkus "Coeditors Gessen and Squibb have compiled a diverse offering of voices . . . These essays look critically at how economics, politics, and crime affect metropolises today. It's the human element, however, the citizen stories woven throughout this book, that remind us that no city is an empty vessel-it is shaped by those that occupy it." --Angela Forret, Library Journal, The boom-and-bust fortunes of the 21st-century economy come to light in this fascinating chronicle of American cities. In City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis , editors chose 37 colorful journalistic voices and essays to match the mood of our ever-changing nation . . . These are poignant and personal portraits that capture the economic tides of our times and the current mood of the American spirit., Praise for City by City "These varied essays offer compelling snapshots of how Americans live, move, and work.", Written in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, these probing, often deeply personal essays crisscross the American continent, from San Diego to Syracuse, to reveal how cities, like their diverse inhabitants, grow, change, crash, and burn-and rise from their own ashes., Over the course of more than 30 essays (and a few interviews), the writers in this collection observe their cities, or the cities they visit, with an unflagging docu-personal, autodidactic spirit, always with an eye for the unities and disunities of space, history local economy--whatever makes a city. Nearly every piece demonstrates the sensibility that undergirds our best fiction . . . Without writing like this, collected and edited with care over many years, we cannot feel deeply or think clearly enough about the lives of other Americans to pressure against the maniac decisions of state legislatures, for example, or intervene in the tragedy that defines our border with Mexico. As part of n+1 's ongoing contribution to our political, intellectual, and literary scene, City by City . . . could be the most substantial and urgent so far.
Dewey Decimal
307.760973
Synopsis
From its first shock waves in 2008, the Great Recession has been reshaping American cities. Detroit collapsed, and the ongoing national rollback in industry has meant the death of factory towns like Greensboro, North Carolina and Reading, Pennsylvania. But the effects of the crash have been far from uniform. The populations of gentrifying cities such as San Francisco and Brooklyn continue to expand, with rents soaring and neighborhood demographics changing overnight. Providence, Rhode Island is experiencing a civic renaissance that disguises lingering corruption in its political system. The two hundred citizens of Whittier, Alaska, have been approached about starring in a reality TV show. And racial profiling by police in cities like Cincinnati, Palm Coast, and Baltimore has set the stage for protests that have swept the nation. City by City , edited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, is a collection of essays from a new generation of writers working to document the places they call home. With the specificity of Studs Terkel and the humor of Hunter S. Thompson, they capture the forces-gentrification, underemployment, politics, culture, and crime-that are changing the lives of their neighborhoods, their neighbors, and themselves.
LC Classification Number
HT123.C4976 2015
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