Low Life Lures and Snares of Old New York

Name: Low Life Lures and Snares of Old New York
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ISBN: 9780374528997

ISBN-10: 0374528993

ISBN-13: 9780374528997

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lucy Sante

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Luc 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…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 11/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 1.35" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Landscape



The Body



Home



Streets



Sporting Life



The Lights



Saloon Culture



Hop



Chance



The Lost Sisterhood



The Arm



Gangland



Coppers



The Tiger



Sainthood



Rubberneckers



The Invisible City



Orphans



The Drift



Bohemia



Carnival



Night


Afterword


A Note on Sources


Notes


Index