3 minute read
Urban History
Buried Beneath the City
An Archaeological History of New York Nan A. Rothschild, Amanda Sutphin, H. Arthur Bankoff, and Jessica Striebel MacLean
Buried Beneath the City uses urban archaeology to retell the history of New York, from the deeper layers of the past to the topsoil of recent history. The book explores the ever-evolving city and the day-to-day world of its residents through artifacts, from the first traces of indigenous societies more than ten thousand years ago to the detritus of Dutch and English colonization, through to the burgeoning city’s transformation into a modern metropolis.
$19.95 / £14.99 paper 978-0-231-19495-2 $80.00 / £62.00 cloth 978-0-231-19494-5 2022 312 pages 196 illus. Before Central Park
Sara Cedar Miller
This book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America’s first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history. She tells the stories of indigenous hunters, enslaved people and enslavers, American patriots and British loyalists, the Black landowners of Seneca Village, Irish pig farmers, tavern owners, Catholic sisters, Jewish protesters, and more.
$30.00 / £25.00 cloth 978-0-231-18194-5 2022 624 pages 170 illus.
Unequal Cities
Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States Richard McGahey
Richard McGahey explores how cities can foster equitable economic growth despite the obstacles in their way. Drawing on extensive experience as well as historical analysis, he examines the failures of public policy and conventional economic wisdom that have led to the neglect of American cities and highlights opportunities for reform.
$35.00 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-17334-6 January 2023 312 pages Emerging Global Cities
Origin, Structure, and Significance Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony
This book identifies the constellation of factors that allow certain urban places to become “emerging global cities”—centers of commerce, finance, art, and culture for entire regions. It traces the transformations of Dubai, Miami, and Singapore, identifying key features common to these cities.
$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-20517-7 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-20516-0 2022 368 pages 50 Illus.
Harvard Square
A Love Story Catherine J. Turco
Diving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Catherine J. Turco, an economic sociologist and longtime Harvard Square denizen, tells the crazy, complicated love story of one quirky little marketplace and, in the process, reveals the hidden love story Americans everywhere have long had with their own Main Streets and downtowns.
$27.95 / £22.00 cloth 978-0-231-20928-1 February 2023 344 pages 17 illus. The Forgotten Borough
Staten Island and the Subway Kenneth M. Gold
What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? Kenneth M. Gold argues that the lack of a subway connection has deeply shaped Staten Island’s history and identity. He chronicles decades of recurrent efforts to build a rail link, using this history to explore the borough’s fraught relationship with the city as a whole.
$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20861-1 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20860-4 April 2023 368 pages 22 illus. -
The Fulton Fish Market
A History Jonathan H. Rees
This book is a lively and comprehensive history of the Fulton Fish Market, from its founding in 1822 through its move to the Bronx in 2005. Jonathan H. Rees explores the market’s workings and significance, tracing the transportation, retailing, and consumption of fish.
$30.00 / £25.00 cloth 978-0-231-20256-5 2022 312 pages 30 illus.
ARTS AND TRADITIONS OF THE TABLE: PERSPECTIVES ON CULINARY HISTORY
How the Suburbs Were Segregated
Developers and the Business of Exclusionary Housing, 1890–1960 Paige Glotzer
Focusing on Baltimore’s wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods, Paige Glotzer offers a new understanding of the deeper roots of suburban segregation. She argues that mid-twentiethcentury policies that favored exclusionary housing were the culmination of a long-term effort by developers to use racism to structure suburban real estate markets.
$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-17999-7 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-17998-0 2020 320 pages 22 illus.
