Pamela Hanlon

A Worldly Affair: New York, the United Nations, and the Story Behind Their Unlikely Bond

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Produktbeschreibung

Pamela Hanlon, a former corporate communications executive with American Express Company, United Airlines, and Pan American, has lived in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, near the United Nations headquarters, since 1976, and has written extensively about the area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780823277957
• ISBN-10: 082327795X
• Artikelnr.: 47866046

Autorenporträt

Pamela Hanlon, a former corporate communications executive with American Express Company, United Airlines, and Pan American, has lived in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, near the United Nations headquarters, since 1976, and has written extensively about the area.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue
Chapter One: City Rebuffed
Chapter Two: Suburbia Unnerved
Chapter Three: Cosmopolitan Charm
Chapter Four: Rockefellers to the Rescue
Chapter Five: Rise of a Cityscape Icon
Chapter Six: Smoothing Out the Wrinkles
Chapter Seven: Learning to Live Side by Side
Chapter Eight: Autumn in New York
Chapter Nine: Tussle over Tickets
Chapter Ten: Trio Created
Chapter Eleven: Making a Mark
Chapter Twelve: Quandary over Age
Chapter Thirteen: Renewal of a Cityscape Icon
Epilogue
Endnotes
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index