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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…
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6 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 1998Granta Books · 320 pages · 9781862071322
- Paperback · English · 1992Vintage · 480 pages · 9780679738763
- Other · English · 2016Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781466895638
- Other · English · 2003Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 460 pages · 9780374528997
- Other · English · 1991Farrar Straus Giroux · 414 pages · 9780374194147
- Paperback · Spanish · 2016Bajos fondosLIBROS DEL KO, SLL · 527 pages · 9788416001521
Social conditionsHistorySocial MarginalityManhattan (new york, n.y.)New york (n.y.), historyNew york (n.y.), social conditionsMarginality, socialHistoire