Citys End - Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, Premonitions of New Yorks

Zusammenfassung From 19th-century paintings of fires raging through New York to scenes of Manhattan engulfed by a gigantic wave in the movie "Deep Impact"! images of the city's end have been diverse. This book investigates 2 centuries of imagined cataclysms visited upon New York! and offers a perspective to our understanding of the events of September 11! 2001.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Max Page, Page Max
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.07.2010
• EAN: 9780300164466
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16446-6
• Seiten: 280
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; New York, History, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social and cultural history, Urban communities, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States