Supreme City : how Jazz Age Manhattan gave birth to modern America / Donald L. Miller.

Author/creator Miller, Donald L., 1944-
Format Book
Edition1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Descriptionxvi, 763 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs. --20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs. --20th century.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History. --20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History. --20th century.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions. --20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions. --20th century.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government. --20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government. --1898-1951.

Contents The Jimmy Walker era -- Power and politics -- A test for Tammany -- Jimmy Walker's New York -- Crime and Prohibition -- Too good to be true -- Owney Madden -- "The night club era" -- "He did it alone" -- The making of modern Manhattan -- Revenue plucked from the air -- Street of dreams -- Vanishing social citadels -- The woman's city -- Fred French -- Masters of the skyline -- The silver spire -- The magic carpet -- Bringing in the future -- Sarnoff -- Paley -- Jazz Age baby -- Sluggers -- Tex -- Pursuits -- Visions -- Highway under the Hudson -- Poet in steel -- A school of minnows -- Jazz Age icons -- Music is my mistress -- Master of allure -- A bag of plums -- Epilogue: Blue skies.
Abstract An award-winning historian surveys the astonishing cast of characters who helped turn Manhattan into the world capital of commerce, communication and entertainment -- Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 687-729) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2013020154
ISBN9781416550198 (hbk.)
ISBN1416550194 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks F128.5 .M547 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold