Series |
Studies in United States culture Studies in United States culture. ^A1288018
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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 -- The other New York: 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. |
Abstract |
"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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Genre/form | History. |
LCCN | 2016047325 |
ISBN | 9781469633053 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
ISBN | 1469633051 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
ISBN | 9781469633060 paperback ; alkaline paper |
ISBN | 146963306X paperback ; alkaline paper |
ISBN | electronic book |