How New York became American, 1890-1924 / Angela M. Blake.

Author/creator Blake, Angela M.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
National characteristics, American.
Public opinion--United States.
City and town life--New York (State). --New York. --History.
City planning--New York (State). --New York. --History.
Tourism--New York (State). --New York. --History.
Architecture--New York (State). --New York. --History.
New York (N.Y.)--History. --1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.)--History. --1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.)--Public opinion.
New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

Contents Reforming New York's image in the 1890s -- Tourism and New York's image in the 1890s -- Architecture, Americanism, and a "new" New York, 1900-1919 -- New York is not America : immigrants and tourists in New York after World War I -- Brand New York : making midtown in the 1920s.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-229) and index.
LCCN 2005018073
ISBN0801882931 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801882937