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About James Wunsch
I am Emeritus Professor of Historical and Education Studies at SUNY Empire State. For the past few years, I solicited and edited upwards of fifty reviews of books in urban history for The Metropole , the blog of the Urban History Association. I am presently serving as staff volunteer to the head of acquisitions at the New York Society Library. I have written scholarly and popular publications including the Journal of Urban History.James Wunsch is Emeritus Professor of Historical and Educational Studies at SUNY Empire State.
NBN Episodes hosted by James:
June 19, 2024
Emergent Tokyo
Jorge Almazán and Studiolab
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James Wunsch
If ancient Kyoto stands for orderly elegance, then Tokyo, within the world’s most populated metropolitan area, calls to mind–– jam-packed chaos. But i…
August 13, 2023
Tenements, Towers & Trash
Julia Wertz
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James Wunsch
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2017) is a comically illustrated chronicle o…
March 7, 2023
Lilly
Lillian Colon
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James Wunsch
Lilly: The First Latina Rockette (Lilly Enterprises, 2021) is the improbable story of a Puerto Rican toddler, confined by her father for 15 years to …