Empire city : the making and meaning of the New York City landscape / David M. Scobey.

Main entry:

Scobey, David M., 1954-

Title & Author:

Empire city : the making and meaning of the New York City landscape / David M. Scobey.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2002.

Description:

xi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Critical perspectives on the past

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-330) and index.
Introduction : can a city be planned? -- Metropolis and nation -- The midcentury boom -- The rule of real estate -- The frictions of space -- Imagining the imperial metropolis -- The politics of city building -- Uptown utopia -- The failure of Bourgeois urbanism.

ISBN:

1566399505 (alk. paper)
9781566399500 (alk. paper)
1566399513 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781566399517 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781592132355
1592132359

Subject:

City planning New York (State) New York.
City planning.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
New York (N.Y.) History 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire 19e siècle.
New York (State) New York.
New York, NY
New York (N.Y.)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Critical perspectives on the past.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227589
Call No.: HT168.N5 S35 2002
Status: Available

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