How New York Became American, 1890-1924

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Author / Creator:	Blake, Art M., 1963- author.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000 2020.
Description:	1 online resource (pages cm)
Language:	English
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Tourism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. National characteristics, American. Architecture. City and town life. City planning. Economic history. National characteristics, American. Tourism. New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898. New York (State) -- New York. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12873610

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Other authors / contributors:	Project Muse. distributor.
ISBN:	9781421439235 1421439239 9781421439228 1421439220
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Once upon a time, for many Americans, New York City conjured dark images of crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants. This historical study explores the ways in which city fathers and business leaders crafted something quite different and vastly more appealing--New York as America writ urban, a place where the arts flourished, various peoples lived together boisterously but peacefully, where one could enjoy a visit. Gotham eventually became a tourist destination--inviting, as in "American," while also being delectably different ("untypically American") enough to provide a getaway from "ordinary places" elsewhere in the country"--

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