{"product_id":"a-short-and-remarkable-history-of-new-york-city-9780823219858","title":"A Short and Remarkable History of New York City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW in its fifth Printing which includes the events of September 11, 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by the American Association of University Presses as one of  \"The Best of the Best from the University Presses.\" (2000)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Yorkers love to watch the building of a new skyscraper—particularly the digging of a foundation—through small holes cut into a wooden construction fence. It's one of the great lunch-hour pastimes. Over the years the ubiquitous observer has watched the City grown and change—sometimes with disapproval, sometimes with elation, always with a fond curiosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis short book, with its events and anecdotes, is a peephole for spying on the history of the City from its foundations up to the present. New York was always destined to be a place of migrants and immigrants. People have come to this mercantile center to work, to build, to learn, to play, and to settle down in a neighborhood. Its people give the City the energy that makes living here a heightened experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short and Remarkable History of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeline of five hundred years of New York City history. It can be read as a story, used for reference, or browsed through for fun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Mushabac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48282507280635,"sku":"9780823219858","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780823219858_cb635275-224f-4510-a859-3c310a43a373.jpg?v=1772482946","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-short-and-remarkable-history-of-new-york-city-9780823219858","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}