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Names of New York
- Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
- By: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
- Narrated by: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on New York City’s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor’s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated 800 languages now spoken in New York.
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Names of New York
- Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
- Narrated by: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 13-04-2021
- Language: English
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