Ebook: The World in a City

''The whole world can be found in this city. . . .''
--from the Preface

Fifty years ago, New York City had only a handful of ethnic groups. Today, the whole world can be found within the city's five boroughs--and celebrated New York Times reporter Joseph Berger sets out to discover it, bringing alive the sights, smells, tastes, and people of the globe while taking readers on an intimate tour of the world's most cosmopolitan city.

For urban enthusiasts and armchair explorers alike, The World in a City is a look at today's polyglot and polychrome, cosmopolitan and culturally rich New York and the lessons it holds for the rest of the United States as immigration changes the face of the nation. With three out of five of the city's residents either foreign-born or second-generation Americans, New York has become more than ever a collection of villages--virtually self-reliant hamlets, each exquisitely textured by its particular ethnicities, history, and politics. For...