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Born in flames the business of arson and the remaking of the American city

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning!" That legendary and apocryphal phrase, allegedly uttered by announcers during the 1977 World Series as flames rose above Yankee Stadium, seemed to encapsulate an entire era in this nation's urban history. Across that decade, a wave of arson coursed throug...

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Main Author: Ansfield, Bench (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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Arson > United States > History > 20th century.
Arson > Economic aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Landlord and tenant > United States > History > 20th century.
Right to housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in housing.
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