Names of New York Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
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Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
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- 9781524748920
- 13 april 2021
- 256 pagina's
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"A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet. Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror
In place-names lie stories. Thats the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York Citys streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods.
Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the citys map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbors forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York.
As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New Yorks neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the citys streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.
In place-names lie stories. Thats the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York Citys streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods.
Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the citys map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbors forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York.
As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New Yorks neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the citys streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.
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