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DIY on the Lower East Side

Books, Buildings, and Art after the 1975 Fiscal Crisis

By: Andrew Strombeck

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DIY on the Lower East Side

Books, Buildings, and Art after the 1975 Fiscal Crisis

By: Andrew Strombeck

The severe financial austerity imposed on New York City during the 1975 fiscal crisis resulted in a city falling apart. Broken windows, crumbling walls, and piles of bricks were everywhere. While, for many, this physical decay was a sign that the postwar welfare state had failed, for others, it represented a site of risky opportunity that could stimulate novel forms of creativity and community. In this book, Andrew Strombeck explores the legacy of this crisis for the city's literature and art, focusing on one neighborhood where changes were acutely felt—the Lower East Side. In what became a paradigmatic example of gentrification, the Lower East Side's population shifted from working-class people to Wall Street traders and ad agents. This transformation occurred, in part, because of high-profile local artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, and Kiki Smith, but Strombeck argues that neighborhood writers also played a role. Drawing on archival research and original author interviews, he examines the innovative work of Kathy Acker, David Wojnarowicz, Miguel Piñero, Sylvère Lotringer, Lynne Tillman, and others and concludes that these writers still have much to teach us about changes in the nature of work and the emergence of a do-it-yourself ethos. DIY on the Lower East Side shows how place and politics shaped literature, and how New York City policies adopted at the time continue to shape our world.

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State University of New York Press

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1438479824

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DIY on the Lower East Side

Books, Buildings, and Art after the 1975 Fiscal Crisis

By: Andrew Strombeck

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Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

By: Tor Wo Chiu,Andrew Burd

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Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

By: Tor Wo Chiu,Andrew Burd

Based on the teaching of plastic and reconstructive surgery at a university hospital, Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is a unique resource that provides succinct guidance to the core topics in this rapidly developing field for all student surgeons. Using clear, descriptive prose and illustrations as necessary to explain the importa

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210

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CRC Press

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1040174116

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9781040174111

Wellington's Waterloo Allies

How Soldiers from Brunswick, Hanover, Nassau and the Netherlands Contributed to the Victory of 1815

By: Andrew W. Field

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Wellington's Waterloo Allies

How Soldiers from Brunswick, Hanover, Nassau and the Netherlands Contributed to the Victory of 1815

By: Andrew W. Field

For almost 200 years, the British perception of the Battle of Waterloo was that it was a great British victory gained over the French tyrant Napoleon which was achieved in spite of, rather than because of, the allied contingents in the Duke of Wellington’s army. Eyewitness accounts by British soldiers, encouraged by the doubts expressed in Wellington’s despatches, denigrated and vilified the courage and prowess of these allies. But in the last twenty years modern historians, with better access to the accounts and archives of the allied nations, have tried to put the record straight, and their efforts have been rewarded by changing attitudes and a greater understanding of the significant part the allies played. Andrew Field, in this the latest of his series of pioneering books on Waterloo, makes a powerful contribution to this continuing debate by analyzing in forensic detail the records of these allied forces throughout the campaign. In his balanced, nonpartisan reassessment he describes the make-up of these forces, their training and experience, and their military capability. Included are graphic accounts of their actions and performance on the battlefield. His work is essential reading for all students of the Waterloo campaign.

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Pen and Sword Military

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1399090380

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9781399090384

A-Z of Plastic Surgery

By: Andrew Hodges

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

By: Andrew Hodges

The A-Z of Plastic Surgery is a quick reference guide to the ever expanding specialty of plastic surgery. The succinct bullet pointed entries will enable the reader to rapidly assimilate the essentials of each topic, cross referencing links enable them to research related entries. It will be particularly relevant to trainees in plastic surgery as a working reference book and as an invaluable resource during preparation for final exams.

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OUP Oxford

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0191563013

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9780191563010

The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel

By: Andrew Rowcroft

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The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel

By: Andrew Rowcroft

This book explores the role of radical ideas in contemporary fiction by nine critically acclaimed authors--Jonathan Lethem, Dana Spiotta, China Mieville, Thomas Pynchon, Rachel Kushner, Teddy Wayne, Colson Whitehead, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kim Stanley Robinson. All of them share interests in the politics of the left, the problems of protracted economic crisis, and the potentiality of post-capitalist ideas. Novels by these authors, this book argues, are defined by an imperative to confront current anxieties in left-thought, while, at the same time, evincing a nuanced degree of self-consciousness about the legacy of political radicalisms, the costs they accrue, and where they have led.

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McFarland

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1476692262

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9781476692265

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DIY on the Lower East Side

DIY on the Lower East Side

DIY on the Lower East Side

DIY on the Lower East Side

Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Wellington's Waterloo Allies

Wellington's Waterloo Allies

A-Z of Plastic Surgery

A-Z of Plastic Surgery

The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel

The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel

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