The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back

by Kay S. Hymowitz

Book Overview

Featured in The New York Times Book Review

Only a few decades ago, the Brooklyn stereotype well known to Americans was typified by television programs such as "The Honeymooners" and "Welcome Back, Kotter"--comedies about working-class sensibilities, deprivation, and struggles. Today, the borough across the East River from Manhattan is home to trendsetters, celebrities, and enough "1 percenters" to draw the Occupy Wall Street protests across...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442266570
• ISBN13: 9781442266575
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"