Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Prøv nu
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York

Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York

Varighed
18T 51M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

In 1835, a merchant named Gabriel Disosway marveled at a great fire enveloping New York, commenting on how it "spread more and more vividly from the fiery arena, rendering every object, far and wide, minutely discernible—the lower bay and its Islands, with the shores of Long Island and New Jersey." The fire Disosway witnessed devastated a large swath of lower Manhattan, clearing roughly the same number of acres as the World Trade Center bombing.

Manhattan Phoenix explores the emergence of modern New York after it emerged from the devastating the fire of 1835—a catastrophe that revealed how truly unprepared and haphazardly organized it was—to become a world-class city merely a quarter of a century later. The one led to other. New York effectively had to start over. Daniel Levy's book charts Manhattan's almost miraculous growth while interweaving the lives of various New Yorkers who took part in the city's transformation. Some are well known, such as the land baron John Jacob Astor and Mayor Fernando Wood. Others less so, as with the African American oysterman Thomas Downing and the Bowery Theatre impresario Thomas Hamblin.

Manhattan Phoenix reveals a city first in flames and then in flux but resolute in its determination to emerge as one of the world's greatest metropolises.

© 2022 HighBridge Audio (Lydbog): 9781696605373

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 1. april 2022

Andre kan også lide...

  1. America Ascendant: The Rise of American Exceptionalism
    America Ascendant: The Rise of American Exceptionalism Dennis M. Spragg
  2. A Decade of Disruption: America in the New Millennium
    A Decade of Disruption: America in the New Millennium Garrett Peck
  3. Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
    Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery Bruce A. Ragsdale
  4. The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life
    The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life Joyce Lee Malcolm
  5. Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City
    Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City Susan Nagel
  6. Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution
    Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution Benson Bobrick
  7. The Enemy Harassed: Washington's New Jersey Campaign of 1777
    The Enemy Harassed: Washington's New Jersey Campaign of 1777 Jim Stempel
  8. The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World Don H. Doyle
  9. Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
    Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Nicholas Radburn
  10. Habit Forming: Drug Addiction in America, 1776-1914
    Habit Forming: Drug Addiction in America, 1776-1914 Elizabeth Kelly Gray
  11. An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
    An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South Robert K. D. Colby
  12. Principles Matter: The Constitution, Progressives and the Trump Era
    Principles Matter: The Constitution, Progressives and the Trump Era Carlos A. Ball
  13. American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century Gary Gerstle
  14. American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work
    American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work Nick Taylor
  15. Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
    Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion Tyler LeBlanc
  16. Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign
    Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign Amber Roessner
  17. Immigration: An American History
    Immigration: An American History Hasia R. Diner
  18. From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter
    From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter Seamus McGraw
  19. Human Targets: Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth
    Human Targets: Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth Victor M. Rios
  20. The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History
    The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History William C. Davis
  21. Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation
    Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation Chris DeRose
  22. John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation
    John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation Harlow Giles Unger
  23. The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War
    The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War Alexander J. Field PhD
  24. Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust
    Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust Ari Joskowicz
  25. Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis
    Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis David Kieran
  26. The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630–1865
    The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630–1865 Mark Peterson
  27. Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American
    Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American Ian MacAllen
  28. One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to Civil War
    One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to Civil War John C. Waugh
  29. Failures of the Presidents: From the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq
    Failures of the Presidents: From the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq Thomas J. Craughwell
  30. FDR's Gambit: The Court Packing Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism
    FDR's Gambit: The Court Packing Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism Laura Kalman
  31. Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Interracial Solidarity in 1960s-70s New Left Organizing
    Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Interracial Solidarity in 1960s-70s New Left Organizing James Tracy
  32. The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture
    The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture Deanna M. Gillespie
  33. The Curse of the Somers: The Secret History behind the U.S. Navy's Most Infamous Mutiny
    The Curse of the Somers: The Secret History behind the U.S. Navy's Most Infamous Mutiny James P. Delgado
  34. The Dollar: How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina
    The Dollar: How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina Ariel Wilkis
  35. Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History Kyle Harper
  36. The American Nation: A History, Vol. 8: Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763–1775
    The American Nation: A History, Vol. 8: Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763–1775 Albert Bushnell Hart
  37. The American Nation: A History, Vol. 9: The American Revolution, 1776–1783
    The American Nation: A History, Vol. 9: The American Revolution, 1776–1783 Albert Bushnell Hart
  38. With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
    With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates
  39. How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property
    How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property Ben G. Price
  40. The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy
    The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy John Roy Price
  41. Dinner in Camelot: The Night America's Greatest Scientists, Writers, and Scholars Partied at the Kennedy White House
    Dinner in Camelot: The Night America's Greatest Scientists, Writers, and Scholars Partied at the Kennedy White House Joseph A. Esposito
  42. Bizarre Laws & Curious Customs of the UK: Volume 1
    Bizarre Laws & Curious Customs of the UK: Volume 1 Monty Lord
  43. The History and Legacy of the British Empire's Most Famous Trading Companies across the World
    The History and Legacy of the British Empire's Most Famous Trading Companies across the World Charles River Editors
  44. Latin American Development: Economics and Growth in a Changing Nation (5 in 1)
    Latin American Development: Economics and Growth in a Changing Nation (5 in 1) Anya Solace
  45. Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions Maurizio Isabella
  46. The Rise Abraham Cahan
    The Rise Abraham Cahan Seth Lipsky

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis