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Imagining New York City literature, urbanism, and the visual arts, 1890-1940

Title
Imagining New York City [electronic resource] : literature, urbanism, and the visual arts, 1890-1940 / Christoph Lindner.
Author
Lindner, Christoph, 1971-
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
Summary
"Using examples from architecture, film, literature, and the visual arts, this wide-ranging book examines the place and significance of New York City in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940. In particular, Imagining New York City considers how and why certain city spaces--such as the skyline, the sidewalk, the slum, and the subway--have come to emblematize key aspects of the modern urban condition. In so doing, the book also considers the ways in which cultural developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the stage for more recent responses to a variety of urban challenges facing the city, such as post-disaster recovery, the renewal of urban infrastructure, and the remaking of public space"--
Uniform Title
Imagining New York City (Online)
Alternative Title
Imagining New York City (Online)
Subject
  • City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History
  • Space (Architecture) > Social aspects > History. > New York (State) > New York
  • Public spaces > Social aspects > History. > New York (State) > New York
  • Buildings > Social aspects > History. > New York (State) > New York
  • Sidewalks > Social aspects > History. > New York (State) > New York
  • Social change > New York (State) > New York > History
  • New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
  • New York (N.Y.) > In motion pictures
  • New York (N.Y.) > In literature
  • New York (N.Y.) > In art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 213 -221) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
LCCN
2014023869
OCLC
ssj0001403672
Author
Lindner, Christoph, 1971-
Title
Imagining New York City [electronic resource] : literature, urbanism, and the visual arts, 1890-1940 / Christoph Lindner.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213 -221) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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