: Literature, Urbanism, and the Visual Arts, 1890-1940
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Christoph Lindner
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
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: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 228 p.
GENERAL NOTES
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The ebook format of this book is available
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Bibliography
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Index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Public spaces -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Buildings -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Sidewalks -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Social change -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
زندگی شهری -- ایالات متحده -- نیویورک -- تاریخ
فضا در معماری -- جنبههای اجتماعی -- ایالات متحده -- نیویورک -- تاریخ
فضاهای عمومی -- جنبههای اجتماعی -- ایالات متحده -- نیویورک -- تاریخ