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2181483Paradise Bronxhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/paradise-bronx/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1927034/13303d2e-5d25-4be9-a661-a2915ffc2501.jpg?v=638578956043470000362503MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Ian Fraziers magnum opus: a love song to New York Citys most heterogeneous and alive borough.</strong></p><p>For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been walking the Bronx. <em>Paradise Bronx</em> reveals the amazingly rich and tumultuous history of this amazingly various piece of our greatest city. From Jonas Bronck, who bought land from the local Native Americans, to the formerly gang-wracked South Bronx that gave birth to hip-hop, Fraziers loving exploration is a moving tour de force about the polyglot culture that is America today.</p><p>During the Revolution, when the Bronx was unclaimed territory known as the Neutral Ground, some of the wars decisive battles were fought here by George Washingtons troops. Gouverneur Morris, one of the most colorful Founding Fathers, owned a huge swath of the Bronx, where he lived when he was not in Paris during the French Revolution or helping write the US Constitution.</p><p>Frazier shows us how the coming of the railroads and the subways drove the settling of the Bronx by various waves of immigration Irish, Italian, Jewish (think the Grand Concourse), African American, Caribbean, Puerto Rican (J.Lo is one of the boroughs most famous citizens). The romance of the Yankees, the disaster of the Cross Bronx Expressway, the invention of rap and hip-hop, the resurgence of community as the boroughs communities learn mutual aidall are investigated, recounted, and celebrated in Fraziers inimitable voice.</p><p>This is a book like no other about a quintessential American city and the resilience and beauty of its citizens.</p>...2152083Paradise Bronx362503https://www.gandhi.com.mx/paradise-bronx/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1927034/13303d2e-5d25-4be9-a661-a2915ffc2501.jpg?v=638578956043470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780374709648_W3siaWQiOiJhNTE5MjQzZi0xZTAzLTQwNjEtOTMwMi1lZTU2ZWE5OWVhNmQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ5MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEzNywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjozNTMsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780374709648_<p><strong>Ian Fraziers magnum opus: a love song to New York Citys most heterogeneous and alive borough.</strong></p><p>For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been walking the Bronx. <em>Paradise Bronx</em> reveals the amazingly rich and tumultuous history of this amazingly various piece of our greatest city. From Jonas Bronck, who bought land from the local Native Americans, to the formerly gang-wracked South Bronx that gave birth to hip-hop, Fraziers loving exploration is a moving tour de force about the polyglot culture that is America today.</p><p>During the Revolution, when the Bronx was unclaimed territory known as the Neutral Ground, some of the wars decisive battles were fought here by George Washingtons troops. Gouverneur Morris, one of the most colorful Founding Fathers, owned a huge swath of the Bronx, where he lived when he was not in Paris during the French Revolution or helping write the US Constitution.</p><p>Frazier shows us how the coming of the railroads and the subways drove the settling of the Bronx by various waves of immigration Irish, Italian, Jewish (think the Grand Concourse), African American, Caribbean, Puerto Rican (J.Lo is one of the boroughs most famous citizens). The romance of the Yankees, the disaster of the Cross Bronx Expressway, the invention of rap and hip-hop, the resurgence of community as the boroughs communities learn mutual aidall are investigated, recounted, and celebrated in Fraziers inimitable voice.</p><p>This is a book like no other about a quintessential American city and the resilience and beauty of its citizens.</p>...9780374709648_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_fc1acf5e-8ba6-3d90-8aa8-8d0555d21b0d_9780374709648;9780374709648_9780374709648Ian FrazierInglésMéxico2024-08-20T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillan-epub-58fdcc94-0732-4cbb-b2a0-3bb0b81a8eea.epub2024-08-20T00:00:00+00:00Farrar, Straus and Giroux