Supreme City : how Jazz Age Manhattan gave birth to modern America

Supreme City : how Jazz Age Manhattan gave birth to modern America / Donald L. Miller.

Author/creator	Miller, Donald L., 1944-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Info	New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Description	xvi, 763 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs --20th century. New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs --20th century. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History --20th century. New York (N.Y.)--History --20th century. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions --20th century. New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions --20th century. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government --20th century. New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government --1898-1951.

Contents	The Jimmy Walker era -- Power and politics -- A test for Tammany -- Jimmy Walker's New York -- Crime and Prohibition -- Too good to be true -- Owney Madden -- "The night club era" -- "He did it alone" -- The making of modern Manhattan -- Revenue plucked from the air -- Street of dreams -- Vanishing social citadels -- The woman's city -- Fred French -- Masters of the skyline -- The silver spire -- The magic carpet -- Bringing in the future -- Sarnoff -- Paley -- Jazz Age baby -- Sluggers -- Tex -- Pursuits -- Visions -- Highway under the Hudson -- Poet in steel -- A school of minnows -- Jazz Age icons -- Music is my mistress -- Master of allure -- A bag of plums -- Epilogue: Blue skies.
Abstract	An award-winning historian surveys the astonishing cast of characters who helped turn Manhattan into the world capital of commerce, communication and entertainment -- Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 687-729) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2013020154
ISBN	9781416550198 (hbk.)
ISBN	1416550194 (hbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F128.5 .M547 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold