This alternative guidebook for one of the world's most popular tourist
destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people's New York
City.
The sites and stories of A People's Guide to New York City shift our
perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination,
defeats, and victories of its people at the core. Delving into the
histories of New York's five boroughs, you will encounter enslaved
Africans in revolt, women marching for equality, workers on strike,
musicians and performers claiming streets for their art, and neighbors
organizing against landfills and industrial toxins and in support of
affordable housing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from
these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where
to look to find them.
New York City is a preeminent global city, serving as the headquarters
for hundreds of multinational firms and a world-renowned cultural hub
for fashion, art, and music. It is among the most multicultural cities
in the world and also one of the most segregated cities in the United
States. The people that make this global city function--immigrants,
people of color, and the working classes--reside largely in the
so-called outer boroughs, outside the corporations, neon, and
skyscrapers of Manhattan. A People's Guide to New York City expands
the scope and scale of traditional guidebooks, providing an equitable
exploration of the diverse communities throughout the city. Through the
stories of over 150 sites across the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn
and Staten Island as well as thematic tours and contemporary and
archival photographs, a people's New York emerges, one in which
collective struggles for justice and freedom have shaped the very
landscape of the city.
