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American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century
Christine Stansell
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Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
In the early twentieth century, an exuberant brand of gifted men and women moved to New York City, not to get rich but to participate in a cultural revolution. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods--home to art, poetry, cafes, and cabarets in the European tradition--provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. Some called themselves Bohemians, some members of the avant-garde, but all took pleasure in the exotic, new, and forbidden. In American Moderns, Christine Stansell tells the story of the most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which--thanks to cultural icons such ... Read more
In the early twentieth century, an exuberant brand of gifted men and women moved to New York City, not to get rich but to participate in a cultural revolution. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods--home to art, poetry, cafes, and cabarets in the European tradition--provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. Some called themselves Bohemians, some members of the avant-garde, but all took pleasure in the exotic, new, and forbidden. In American Moderns, Christine Stansell tells the story of the most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which--thanks to cultural icons such ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691142838
SKU
V9780691142838
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About Christine Stansell
Christine Stansell is the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in United States History at the University of Chicago. She is also the author of "City of Women: Sex and Class in New York City, 1789-1860", and her essays and reviews appear regularly in the "New Republic".
Reviews for American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century
"Stansell frames her book around three activities: talking, writing and loving. She compels readers to appreciate what was shockingly new in each activity
no small feat, since we now take (nearly) for granted the unfettered speech, print and sex that these early radicals found so daring."
Patricia Cline Cohen, New York Times "[American Moderns] is about the creation of a new life ... Read more
no small feat, since we now take (nearly) for granted the unfettered speech, print and sex that these early radicals found so daring."
Patricia Cline Cohen, New York Times "[American Moderns] is about the creation of a new life ... Read more