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New York is not America, François Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth and offers a compelling chronicle of how it actually developed into a global city--what some have called the capital of the twenty-first century. He shows how the uneasy tension between capitalism and multiculturalism has been at the heart of the city's immense physical, social, economic, and cultural transformation--as well as of American notions of what urban "space" is, for whom it exists, and how it is used. The book also captures what makes the city exceptional--from the arts and literature to popular culture and party politics--and reveals New York as both a unique space and a model of American diversity.… (meer)
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"On voit New York comme la Venise mercantile de l'océan occidental" Blaise Cendrars
Opdracht
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A Jean Heffer
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Avant-propos
New York fascine. Son energie, les hiéroglyphes que tracent ses tours et ses canyons à la surface de Manhattan, les cris et les bruits qui résonnent de la Batterie aux hauteurs de Harlem, son mouvement incessant qui anime la métropole tout entière en violentes contractions. [...]
I La provinciale 1620-1820
1. L'océnen Au commencement, une grande baie parsemées d'îles, un véritable archipel ou abondent huitres et brochets, anguilles et esturgeons, outardes et dindons, canards et oies sauvages... [...]
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[...]. Le XXe siècle lui a appris que les unes n'allaient pas sans les autres.
New York is not America, François Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth and offers a compelling chronicle of how it actually developed into a global city--what some have called the capital of the twenty-first century. He shows how the uneasy tension between capitalism and multiculturalism has been at the heart of the city's immense physical, social, economic, and cultural transformation--as well as of American notions of what urban "space" is, for whom it exists, and how it is used. The book also captures what makes the city exceptional--from the arts and literature to popular culture and party politics--and reveals New York as both a unique space and a model of American diversity.
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