Hell's Kitchen and the battle for urban space :: class struggle and progressive reform in New York City 1894-1914 /

Hell's Kitchen is among Manhattan's most storied and studied neighborhoods. A working-class district situated next to the West Side's middle- and upper-class residential districts, it has long attracted the focus of artists and urban planners, writers and reformers. Now, Joseph Varga...

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1. Verfasser: Varga, Joseph J.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung:Hell's Kitchen is among Manhattan's most storied and studied neighborhoods. A working-class district situated next to the West Side's middle- and upper-class residential districts, it has long attracted the focus of artists and urban planners, writers and reformers. Now, Joseph Varga takes us on a tour of Hell's Kitchen with an eye toward what we usually take for granted: space, and, particularly, how urban spaces are produced, controlled, and contested by different class and political forces. Varga examines events and locations in a crucial period in the formation of the Hell's Kitchen neighb.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781583673515
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