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Author : Van Buren Denslow
Release : 1856
Genre : Manhattan Indians
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Manhatta by : Van Buren Denslow
Download or read book Manhatta written by Van Buren Denslow. This book was released on 1856. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan-Christopher Horak
Release : 1995
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 849/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lovers of Cinema by : Jan-Christopher Horak
Download or read book Lovers of Cinema written by Jan-Christopher Horak. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians and students of American avant-garde cinema often overlook the films of the 1920s through the early 1940s, considering them mere derivatives of their European counterparts. In fact, the American films possess an eclecticism, innovation, and naivete all their own. Marshaling his broad cinematic and cultural knowledge, editor Jan-Christopher Horak has compiled in Lovers of Cinema a ground-breaking group of articles on this neglected film period. With one exception, all are original to this volume, and many are the first to treat comprehensively such early filmmakers as Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Huff, and Douglass Crockwell.
Author : Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes
Release : 2020-06-11
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 493/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis New York in Cinematic Imagination by : Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes
Download or read book New York in Cinematic Imagination written by Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes. This book was released on 2020-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York in Cinematic Imagination is an interdisciplinary study into urbanism and cinematic representations of the American metropolis in the twentieth century. It contextualizes spatial transformations and discourse about New York during the Great Depression and the Second World War, examining both imaginary narratives and documentary images of the city in film. The book argues that alternating endorsements and critiques of the 1920s machine age city are replaced in films of the 1930s and 1940s by a new critical theory of "agitated urban modernity" articulated against the backdrop of turbulent economic and social settings and the initial practices of urban renewal in the post-war period. Written for postgraduates and researchers in the fields of film, history and urban studies, with 40 black and white illustrations to work alongside the text, this book is an engaging study into cinematic representations of New York City.
Author : Eric W. Sanderson
Release : 2013-11-27
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 739/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mannahatta by : Eric W. Sanderson
Download or read book Mannahatta written by Eric W. Sanderson. This book was released on 2013-11-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did New York look like four centuries ago? An extraordinary reconstruction of a wild island from the forests of Times Square to the wetlands downtown. Named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal, New York Magazine, and San Francisco Chronicle On September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it’s difficult to imagine what he saw, but for more than a decade, landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson has been working to do just that. Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City is the astounding result of those efforts, reconstructing in words and images the wild island that millions now call home. By geographically matching an eighteenth-century map with one of the modern city, examining volumes of historic documents, and collecting and analyzing scientific data, Sanderson re-creates topography, flora, and fauna from a time when actual wolves prowled far beyond Wall Street and the degree of biological diversity rivaled that of our most famous national parks. His lively text guides you through this abundant landscape—while breathtaking illustrations transport you back in time. Mannahatta is a groundbreaking work that provides not only a window into the past, but also inspiration for the future. “[A] wise and beautiful book, sure to enthrall anyone interested in NYC history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A cartographical detective tale . . . The fact-intense charts, maps and tables offered in abundance here are fascinating.” —The New York Times “[An] exuberantly written and beautifully illustrated exploration of pre-European Gotham.” —San Francisco Chronicle “You don’t have to be a New Yorker to be enthralled.” —Library Journal
Author : Christoph Lindner
Release : 2015-02-02
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 186/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Imagining New York City by : Christoph Lindner
Download or read book Imagining New York City written by Christoph Lindner. This book was released on 2015-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using examples from architecture, film, literature, and the visual arts, this wide-ranging book examines the significance of New York City in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940. In particular, Imagining New York City considers how and why certain city spaces-such as the skyline, the sidewalk, the slum, and the subway-have come to emblematize key aspects of the modern urban condition. In so doing, Christoph Lindner also considers the ways in which cultural developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the stage for more recent responses to a variety of urban challenges facing the city, such as post-disaster recovery, the renewal of urban infrastructure, and the remaking of public space.
