Spring Intensives 2024

In "Gotham," Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace present a sweeping history of New York City from its early Indian tribes to the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. This epic narrative covers Dutch settlement, the Revolutionary War, immigration waves, and iconic developments like the Brooklyn Bridge. The book introduces a diverse cast, weaving a captivating portrait of America's heart and soul. "Gotham" is a fast-paced, brilliant narrative that mesmerizes readers with the peaks and valleys of American life in the greatest city on earth.

For nearly a decade, Pulitzer prize-winning critic Justin Davidson has explained New York, the city, to his readers at New York, the magazine. He has visited new and preserved buildings; explored neighborhoods in mid-transformation; interviewed architects, developers, and urban thinkers; and tracked the city's constant change. Now, he distills those experiences into Magnetic City- A walking guide to New York-the city around us, the one that's lost, and the one that's still to come. Essayistic in form, historical in scope, and filled with references to literature, music, art, and architecture, Magnetic City offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York.

This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamental concept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it.