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Title: The Restless City by Joanne Reitano
Review: This is a book everyone with an interest in New York City history should read. Written in graceful, engaging prose, in a brief 224 pages, Reitano presents a kaleidoscope of significant events, conflicts and turmoil which produced America's greatest city. Contrary to other approaches to the subject, Reitano depicts the city from the 17th century to the present as never static, but as a cauldron of struggle between contending groups out of which a constructive evolution developed. Interwoven throughout are compelling biographies of exceptional individuals who are often overlooked, such as Fanny Wright, Langston Hughes, Emma Goldman, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. DuBois and Vito Marcantonio. As an accessible, enlightening treatise on both New York City and American history, The Restless City is a remarkable achievement.Lawrence Rushing, New York City
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