The dying city : postwar New York and the ideology of fear /
Tochterman, Brian,
The dying city : postwar New York and the ideology of fear / Brian Tochterman. - 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) - Studies in United States culture . - Studies in United States culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
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Since 1898
Fear--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.
Peur--Aspect social--New York (État)--New York.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)--United States
Fear--Social aspects.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Motion pictures.
New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--In literature.
New York (N.Y.)--In motion pictures.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1951-
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--1951-
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--1898-1951.
New York (State)--New York.
Electronic books.
History.
F128.52 / .T59 2017eb
974.7/104
The dying city : postwar New York and the ideology of fear / Brian Tochterman. - 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) - Studies in United States culture . - Studies in United States culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781469633077 (electronic bk.) 1469633078 (electronic bk.) 9781469633084 (electronic bk.) 1469633086 (electronic bk.)
42286219-C93B-45E8-97D9-9433E6CD1B72 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Since 1898
Fear--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.
Peur--Aspect social--New York (État)--New York.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)--United States
Fear--Social aspects.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Motion pictures.
New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--In literature.
New York (N.Y.)--In motion pictures.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1951-
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--1951-
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--1898-1951.
New York (State)--New York.
Electronic books.
History.
F128.52 / .T59 2017eb
974.7/104