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Working-Class New York

by Joshua Benjamin Freeman

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A "lucid, detailed, and imaginative analysis" (The Nation) of the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II--and its tragic demise More than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future.

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New York City Book Award (History – 2000)

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Canonical title: Working-Class New York
Original publication date: 2000
Important places: New York, New York, USA
Disambiguation notice: Full title (2000): Working-class New York : life and labor since World War II / Joshua B. Freeman.

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Languages: English
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Published: 2000
Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Business
DDC/MDS: 305.5
LCC: HD8085 .N5 .F74

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