On The Town Pa

The glittering spectacle of Times Square has been the object of the world's fascination since the turn of the century. Now available in a handsome new paperback edition, noted critic Marshall Berman's On the Town captures the incandescence of the 'œcrossroads of the world.'� By interweaving a century of songs, film, and literature, Berman conjures the vibrant personalities that shaped, and were shaped by, Times Square'”from Busby Berkeley and Martin Scorsese, to George Gershwin and Bob Dylan. Berman also reveals little-known characters on the fringes of history'”hustlers, artists, and eccentrics'”who helped to make the iconic site what it is today.

Marshall Berman is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at City College of New York and CCNY Graduate Center, where he teaches political theory and urban studies. He writes frequently for The Nation and The Village Voice, and serves on the editorial board of Dissent. He is the author of The Politics of Authenticity; All That Is Solid Melts into Air; and On the Town.