{"product_id":"names-of-new-york-discovering-the-citys-past-present-and-future-through-its-place-names-hardcover","title":"Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Jelly-Schapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet.\" --Jia Tolentino, author of \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn place-names lie stories. That's the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City's streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring 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 city's 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 harbor's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York's neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city's streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO\u003c\/b\u003e is a geographer and writer. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e among many other publications. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Island People: The Caribbean and the World\u003c\/i\u003e and cocreator (with Rebecca Solnit) of \u003ci\u003eNonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a scholar-in-residence at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, where he also teaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728958951487,"sku":"9781524748920","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fe2e444c97e072176a7885ac09511714.webp?v=1765120427","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/names-of-new-york-discovering-the-citys-past-present-and-future-through-its-place-names-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}