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Clifton Hood's In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City’s Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis

Clifton Hood's In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City’s Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis

Clifton Hood's In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City’s Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis

Reviewed by Maureen Montgomery

Reviews, Poverty & Inequality, PoliticsGuest UserFebruary 23, 2017Comment

“The Heroism of Modern Life”: Marshall Berman and His City

“The Heroism of Modern Life”: Marshall Berman and His City

“The Heroism of Modern Life”: Marshall Berman and His City

By Benjamin Serby

Arts & Culture, Reviews, BronxGuest UserJanuary 18, 2017Comment

Thomas J. Main's Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to De Blasio

Thomas J. Main's Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to De Blasio

Thomas J. Main's Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to De Blasio

Reviewed by Ariel Eisenberg

Housing & Realty, ReviewsGuest UserJanuary 10, 2017Comment

Thomas J. Shelley's Fordham: A History of the Jesuit University in New York

Thomas J. Shelley's Fordham: A History of the Jesuit University in New York

Thomas J. Shelley's Fordham: A History of the Jesuit University in New York

Reviewed by Chris Stasnyiak

Religion, ReviewsGuest UserDecember 28, 2016Comment

Joy Santlofer's Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York

Joy Santlofer's Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York

Joy Santlofer's Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York

Reviewed by Cindy R. Lobel

ReviewsGuest UserDecember 13, 2016Comment

Ronald H. Bayor's Encountering Ellis Island

Ronald H. Bayor's Encountering Ellis Island

Ronald H. Bayor's Encountering Ellis Island

Reviewed by Catherine M. Burns

Reviews, Waterfront & Islands, Race & EthnicityGuest UserNovember 2, 2016Comment

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

Exhibit Reviewed by Minju Bae

Reviews, Race & EthnicityGuest UserOctober 27, 2016Comment

Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen's Folk City

Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen's Folk City

Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen's Folk City

Reviewed by Christine Kelly

Arts & Culture, ReviewsGuest UserOctober 6, 2016Comment

David Gilbert's The Product of our Souls

David Gilbert's The Product of our Souls

David Gilbert's The Product of our Souls

Reviewed by Peter C. Muir

Arts & Culture, ReviewsGuest UserSeptember 22, 2016Comment

Bring Back the Music: Carol Shansky's The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band

Bring Back the Music: Carol Shansky's The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band

Bring Back the Music: Carol Shansky's The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band

Reviewed by Geraldine Gudefin

Reviews, Arts & CultureGuest UserSeptember 20, 2016Comment