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

Imagining New York City : literature, urbanism, and the visual arts, 1890-1940 / Christoph Lindner.

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...

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Main Author: Lindner, Christoph, 1971- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
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.
City and town life
Literature
Motion pictures
Public spaces > Social aspects
Sidewalks > Social aspects
Social change
Social conditions
Space (Architecture) > Social aspects
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Social Conditions.
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.
New York (State) > New York
Art
History
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190226350
0190226358
9781322570624
1322570620
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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