High Life in New York
Author: Ann Sophia Stephens
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 526
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Author: Ann Sophia Stephens
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 526
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan SLICK (pseud.)
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Slick
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-09-29
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 3368197681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Author: Jonathan Slick
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-08-13
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 3752427515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick by Jonathan Slick
Author: Matthew Lasner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2023-04-04
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 030026934X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive architectural and cultural history of condominium and cooperative housing in twentieth-century America. Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family house. As the American dream evolves, precipitated by rising real estate prices and a renewed interest in urban living, many predict that condos will become the predominant form of housing in the twenty-first century. In this unprecedented study, Matthew Gordon Lasner explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City’s first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condominium and townhouse complexes coast to coast. Lasner explains the complicated social, economic, and political factors that have increased demand for this way of living, situating the trend within the larger housing market and broad shifts in residential architecture and family life. He contrasts the prevalence and popularity of condos, townhouses, and other privately governed communities with their ambiguous economic, legal, and social standing, as well as their striking absence from urban and architectural history.
Author: Shawn Levy
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 523
ISBN-13: 0393247597
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A brisk, frothy narrative . . . informative and fun.” —The Wall Street Journal In the dizzying wake of World War II, Rome skyrocketed to prominence as an epicenter of film, fashion, photography, and boldfaced libertinism. Artists, exiles, and a dazzling array of movie talent rushed to Rome for a chance to thrive in this hotbed of excitement. From the photographers who tailed the stars to the legends who secured their place in cinematic fame, Dolce Vita Confidential resurrects the drama that permeated the streets and screens of Rome.
Author: DJ Stretch Armstrong
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Published: 2016-11-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781576878088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo Sleepis a visual history of the halcyon days of New York City club life as told through flyer art. Spanning the late 80s through the late 90s, when nightlife buzz travelled via flyers and word of mouth,No Sleepfeatures a collection of artwork from the personal archives of NYC DJs, promoters, club kids, nightlife impresarios, and the artists themselves. Club flyers, by design, were ephemeral objects distributed on street corners, outside of nightclubs and concert halls, in barbershops and retail shops, and were not intended to be preserved for posterity. Through the 90s, they became both increasingly prevalent and more sophisticated as printing technology evolved. Overnight, however, with the advent of the internet, theflyer essentially disappeared, despite it being common at one time for promoters to print thousands of flyers for any given event. Recently, these flyers have become sought-after collector's items.
Author: Eliza Potter
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEliza Potter, a freeborn woman of mixed race during the antebellum period, chronicles her experience as a hairdresser, the gossip she encounters, and her life experiences both in the United States and Europe.
Author: John B West
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-05-27
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 1461475732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHE history of high-altitude physiology and medicine is such a rich and T colorful topic that it is perhaps surprising that no one has undertaken a comprehensive account before. There are so many interesting ramifications, from the early balloonists to the various high-altitude expeditions, culminating in the great saga of climbing Mt. Everest without supplementary oxygen. Underpinning this variety is the basic biological challenge of hypoxia and the ways organisms adapt to it, a subject that is of key importance in medicine and many other life sciences, encountered as it is by organisms throughout the animal kingdom. I hope that this book will be of interest to a wide range of people, from biologists and physiologists to pulmonologists and others who manage patients with hypoxemia. The topic should also appeal to those who love the mountains including trekkers, skiers, climbers, and mountaineers. The book begins with a short introductory chapter to set the scene for the non-scientist. It then follows a general chronological sequence beginning with the Greeks and ending with contemporary events. In some places, however some compromises have been made to group together areas of related interest. For example, in Chapter 4 the controversy about oxygen secretion is traced from the 1870s to the 1930s and includes the Anglo-American Pikes Peak Ex pedition of 1911 and the International High-Altitude Expedition to Cerro de Pasco, Peru during 1921-1922. It makes sense to consider these events together.
Author: Kathleen A. Pyne
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 0292765711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLate in the nineteenth century, many Americans were troubled by the theories of Charles Darwin, which contradicted both traditional Christian teachings and the idea of human supremacy over nature, and by an influx of foreign immigrants, who challenged the supremacy of the old Anglo-Saxon elite. In response, many people drew comfort from the theories of philosopher Herbert Spencer, who held that human society inevitably develops towards higher and more spiritual forms. In this illuminating study, Kathleen Pyne explores how Spencer's theories influenced a generation of American artists. She shows how the painters of the 1880s and 1890s, particularly John La Farge, James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing and the Boston school, and the impressionist painters of the Ten, developed an art dedicated to social refinement and spiritual ideals and to defending the Anglo-Saxon elite of which they were members. This linking of visual culture to the problematic conditions of American life radically reinterprets the most important trends in late nineteenth-century American painting.