The Dying City: Postwar New York and the Ideology of Fear
(Part of the Studies in United States Culture Series)
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In this eye-opening cultural history, Brian Tochterman examines competing narratives that shaped post-World War II New York City. As a sense of crisis rose in American cities during the 1960s and 1970s, a period defined by suburban growth and deindustrialization, no city was viewed as 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:146963306X
ISBN13:9781469633060
Release Date:June 2017
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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