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1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) |
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Studies in United States culture |
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Studies in United States culture.
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Contents |
Highbrow vs. hard-boiled: literary visions of New York, 1947-1952. E.B. White's cosmopolis ; Mickey Spillane's necropolis -- Cancer and death: New York narratives in planning theory, 1953-1961. The case for municipal surgery ; On planning necropolis -- Intellectuals interrogate necropolis, 1961-1967. Farewell to the universal city ; Untangling the pathologies of ungovernability -- Detour to Fun City: cultural responses to the death of New York, 1967-1985. Fear City on film ; The lure of decay |
Summary |
"As a sense of crisis rose in American cities during 1960s and 1970s, a period defined by suburban growth and deindustrialization, no city was viewed in its death throes more than New York. Feeding this narrative of the dying city was a wide range of representations in film, literature, and the popular press--representations that ironically would not have been produced if not for a city full of productive possibilities as well as challenges"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Fear -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Fear -- Social aspects
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Intellectual life
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Literature
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Motion pictures
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SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95005016
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New York (N.Y.) -- In literature
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New York (N.Y.) -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006035
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091426
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091425
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New York (State) -- New York
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781469633077 |
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1469633078 |
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9781469633084 |
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1469633086 |
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