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Island of Vice

Author : Richard Zacks
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385534027
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Island of Vice written by Richard Zacks and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ROLLICKING NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S EMBATTLED TENURE AS POLICE COMMISSIONER OF CORRUPT, PLEASURE-LOVING NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1880s, AND HIS DOOMED MISSION TO WIPE OUT VICE In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with 40,000 prostitutes, glittering casinos, and all-night dives packed onto the island’s two dozen square miles. Police captains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration. In Island of Vice, bestselling author Richard Zacks paints a vivid picture of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the cocksure crusading police commissioner who resolved to clean up the bustling metropolis, where the silk top hats of Wall Street bobbed past teenage prostitutes trawling Broadway. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how Roosevelt went head-to-head with corrupt Tammany Hall, took midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, banned barroom drinking on Sundays, and tried to convince 2 million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. In doing so, Teddy made a ruthless enemy of police captain “Big Bill” Devery, who grew up in the Irish slums and never tired of fighting “tin soldier” reformers. Roosevelt saw his mission as a battle of good versus evil; Devery saw prudery standing in the way of fun and profit. When righteous Roosevelt’s vice crackdown started to succeed all too well, many of his own supporters began to turn on him. Cynical newspapermen mocked his quixotic quest, his own political party abandoned him, and Roosevelt discovered that New York loves its sin more than its salvation. Zacks’s meticulous research and wonderful sense of narrative verve bring this disparate cast of both pious and bawdy New Yorkers to life. With cameos by Stephen Crane, J. P. Morgan, and Joseph Pulitzer, plus a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable portrait of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory, and a brilliant portrayal of the energetic, confident, and zealous Roosevelt, one of America’s most colorful public figures.

Vice, Crime, and Poverty

Author : Dominique Kalifa
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231547269
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Vice, Crime, and Poverty written by Dominique Kalifa and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beggars, outcasts, urchins, waifs, prostitutes, criminals, convicts, madmen, fallen women, lunatics, degenerates—part reality, part fantasy, these are the grotesque faces that populate the underworld, the dark inverse of our everyday world. Lurking in the mirror that we hold up to our society, they are our counterparts and our doubles, repelling us and yet offering the tantalizing promise of escape. Although these images testify to undeniable social realities, the sordid lower depths make up a symbolic and social imaginary that reflects our fears and anxieties—as well as our desires. In Vice, Crime, and Poverty, Dominique Kalifa traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. He examines how the myth of the lower depths came into being in nineteenth-century Europe, as biblical figures and Christian traditions were adapted for a world turned upside-down by the era of industrialization, democratization, and mass culture. From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience. While the social conditions that created that underworld have changed, Vice, Crime, and Poverty shows that, from social-scientific ideas of the underclass to contemporary cinema and steampunk culture, its shadows continue to haunt us.

Ordinary Vices

Author : Judith N. Shklar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674641754
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Ordinary Vices written by Judith N. Shklar and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Shklar's "ordinary vices"--cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy--are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity. Shklar draws from a brilliant array of writers--Moliere and Dickens on hypocrisy, Jane Austen on snobbery, Shakespeare and Montesquieu on misanthropy, Hawthorne and Nietzsche on cruelty, Conrad and Faulkner on betrayal--to reveal the nature and effects of the vices. She examines their destructive effects, the ambiguities of the moral problems they pose to the liberal ethos, and their implications for government and citizens: liberalism is a difficult and challenging doctrine that demands a tolerance of contradiction, complexity, and the risks of freedom.

The Isle of Youth

Author : Laura van den Berg
Publisher : FSG Originals
ISBN 13 : 0374710619
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Isle of Youth written by Laura van den Berg and published by FSG Originals. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura van den Berg's gorgeous new book, The Isle of Youth, explores the lives of women mired in secrecy and deception. From a newlywed caught in an inscrutable marriage, to private eyes working a baffling case in South Florida, to a teenager who assists her magician mother and steals from the audience, the characters in these bewitching stories are at once vulnerable and dangerous, bighearted and ruthless, and they will do what it takes to survive. Each tale is spun with elegant urgency, and the reader grows attached to the marginalized young women in these stories—women grappling with the choices they've made and searching for the clues to unlock their inner worlds. This is the work of a fearless writer whose stories feel both magical and mystical, earning her the title of "sorceress" from her readers. Be prepared to fall under her spell. An NPR Best Book of 2013

Inherent Vice

Author : Thomas Pynchon
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101594675
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Inherent Vice written by Thomas Pynchon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The funniest book Pynchon has written." — Rolling Stone "Entertainment of a high order." - Time Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon—private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era. In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. Undeniably one of the most influential writers at work today, Pynchon has penned another unforgettable book.

Italy in 1820-1821

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italy in 1820-1821 written by and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. 2 pt. [and] index

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Author : Parliament commons, lists
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. 2 pt. [and] index written by Parliament commons, lists and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report

Author : Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Report written by Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members.

The Sanitary Record

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sanitary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Scots Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
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Download or read book The Scots Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1768 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Outlook

Author : Lyman Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Outlook written by Lyman Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The London Gazette

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1362 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The London Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Accounts and Papers

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Accounts and Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colburn's United Service Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
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Download or read book Colburn's United Service Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Parliamentary Papers

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: