City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New

City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

"Told brilliantly, even unforgettably ... An American story, one that belongs to all of us." â€” Boston Globe

â€œA richly textured guide to the history of our immigrant nationâ€™s pinnacle immigrant city has managed to enter the stage during an election season that has resurrected this historically fraught topic in all its fierceness.â€ â€” New York Times Book Review
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New York has been Americaâ€™s city of immigrants for nearly four centuries. Growing from Peter Minuitâ€™s tiny settlement of 1626 to a clamorous metropolis with more than three million immigrants today, the city has always been a magnet for transplants from all over the globe. City of Dreams is the long-overdue, inspiring, and defining account of New Yorkâ€™s immigrants, both famous and forgotten: the young man from the Caribbean who relocated to New York and became a founding father; Russian-born Emma Goldman, who condoned the murder of American industrialists as a means of aiding downtrodden workers; Dominican immigrant Oscar de la Renta, who dressed first ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Over ten years in the making, Tyler Anbinderâ€™s story is one of innovators and artists, revolutionaries and rioters, staggering deprivation and soaring triumphs. In so many ways, todayâ€™s immigrants are just like those who came to America in centuries pastâ€”and their storiesÂ have never before been told with such breadth of scope, lavish research, and resounding spirit.
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â€œA masterful achievement, City of Dreams is the definitive account of the American origin story, as told through our premier metropolis. Bold, exhaustive, always surprising, Anbinderâ€™s book is a wonderful reminder of how we came to be who we are.â€ â€” Timothy Egan, best-selling author of The Immortal IrishmanÂ
Country USA
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2024-03-19
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2024-03-19
Format	Kindle eBook

City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

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