Tag: NYC History

May 20, 2020

Book Excerpt! Sewing Women, by Margaret M. Chin (introduction)

“A new and illuminating perspective on New York’s garment industry and the dynamics of work among today’s immigrants through a carefully argued and insightful comparison of Chinese- and Korean-owned garment shops and their Chinese and Hispanic workers. This richly-textured account,...

February 14, 2019

Book Excerpt! Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean, by James Davis (introduction)

“A great read, even for readers who do not know about the Harlem Renaissance and Eric Walrond. The book tells a fascinating and moving story of a literary talent’s demise, or what it takes to nurture and support the literary...

February 8, 2018

Free Fall: An Excerpt from Down the Up Staircase

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as...

February 7, 2018

By the time King was shot, everyone in Harlem was black

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Today we are happy to present an excerpt from the book’s first chapter. Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday...

February 5, 2018

Book Giveaway! Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as...

May 26, 2009

Authors of Between Ocean and City answer questions about Rockaway, Part II

Last week we mentioned that Lawrence and Carol P. Kaplan, authors of Between Ocean and City: The Transformation of Rockaway, New York were taking from readers of the New York Times City Room blog about the history of the once...

May 19, 2009

Authors of Between Ocean and City answer questions about Rockaway

This week on the New York Times City Room blog, Lawrence and Carol P. Kaplan, the authors of Between Ocean and City: The Transformation of Rockaway, New York, will be answering questions about the history of this once popular seaside...