A PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (U.S. Eastern Time)
Join us to learn how the stories of A People’s Guide to New York City shift our perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination, defeats, and victories of its people at the core.
The authors will discuss how they expand the scope and scale of traditional guidebooks, and provide an equitable exploration of the diverse communities of NYC.
SPEAKERS:
Author - A People's Guide to New York City
Professor - CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies
Professor Emeritus - CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies
& the Graduate Center at CUNY
ABOUT THE BOOK:
This alternative guidebook for one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people’s New York City.
The sites and stories of A People’s Guide to New York City shift our perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination, defeats, and victories of its people at the core. Delving into the histories of New York's five boroughs, you will encounter enslaved Africans in revolt, women marching for equality, workers on strike, musicians and performers claiming streets for their art, and neighbors organizing against landfills and industrial toxins and in support of affordable housing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them.
New York City is a preeminent global city, serving as the headquarters for hundreds of multinational firms and a world-renowned cultural hub for fashion, art, and music. It is among the most multicultural cities in the world and also one of the most segregated cities in the United States. The people that make this global city function—immigrants, people of color, and the working classes—reside largely in the so-called outer boroughs, outside the corporations, neon, and skyscrapers of Manhattan. A People’s Guide to New York City expands the scope and scale of traditional guidebooks, providing an equitable exploration of the diverse communities throughout the city. Through the stories of over 150 sites across the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island as well as thematic tours and contemporary and archival photographs, a people’s New York emerges, one in which collective struggles for justice and freedom have shaped the very landscape of the city.
BUY THE BOOK:
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Sponsored by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies,
New Labor Forum, and the Reinventing Solidarity podcast.
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