Main entry:

Deák, Gloria-Gilda, 1930-

Title & Author:

Picturing New York : the city from its beginnings to the present / Gloria Deák.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2000]
©2000

Description:

xii, 415 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-393) and index.
Ch. 1. A Multiple Birth: The European Discovery and Naming of Manhattan: Angouleme, New Amsterdam, New York, New Orange, and, Forever After, New York -- Ch. 2. A Multireligious Destiny: The Early Establishment of Religious Pluralism in Churches and Schools -- Ch. 3. Seafaring Splendor: The Shaping of New York's Destiny as a World-Class Seaport -- Ch. 4. Merchant Princes: The Lure of Marketing, Merchandising, and Moneymaking -- Ch. 5. Peopling New York: Asia, Europe, and Africa Transplanted -- Ch. 6. A City of Contrasts: Ascent of the Rich and Struggles of the Poor -- Ch. 7. Broadway: The Metamorphosis of a Manhattan Street -- Ch. 8. Brooklyn and Staten Island: The People, Parks, and Ambience -- Ch. 9. The Bronx and Queens: The People, Parks, and Ambience -- Ch. 10. Politicians for All Seasons: Peter Stuyvesant, Thomas Dongan, Fernando Wood, and Fiorello La Guardia -- Ch. 11. Triumphs of Architecture and Urban Engineering: Buildings, Bridges, Parks, and the City's Underground -- Ch. 12. Painting, Theater, Music, and Dance: New York's Rise as an International Center in All Phases of the Arts -- Ch. 13. Communication As Art and As Industry: Literature, Newspapers, Printing, and Publishing -- Ch. 14. Sports of All Seasons and All Fans: Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Mining five centuries of urban archives to craft her multi-faceted chronicle, Deak offers fourteen mini-histories, each of which can be read independently of the others. In Picturing New York the author explores the city's multiple birth (it was named and renamed five times), the religious pluralism the city enjoyed as a struggling trading post, the marketing and merchandising that propelled its development, and the rise of the arts, literature, architecture, and sports." "Here, too, the author investigates components of urban growth ranging from the founding of schools and universities to the deep polarities between the lives of the moneyed classes and penniless masses; from the genesis of the great city parks to the construction of the gargantuan subway system."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0231107285 (acid-free paper)
9780231107280 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bildband
Geschichte
Afbeeldingen (algemeen)
Historic buildings New York (State) New York
New York (N.Y.) History.
New York (N.Y.) History Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) - Histoire.
New York (N.Y.) - Histoire - Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (State) New York
New York, NY

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211997
Call No.: F128.3 .D3 2000
Status: Available