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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456583703321

Autore

Bradley Elizabeth L. <1973->

Titolo

Knickerbocker [[electronic resource] ] : the myth behind New York / / Elizabeth L. Bradley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rivergate Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-24203-2

9786613813152

0-8135-4862-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

974.7/103

Soggetti

Group identity - New York (State) - New York

City and town life - New York (State) - New York

Dutch - New York (State) - New York - History

Electronic books.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs

New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs

New York (N.Y.) In literature

New York (N.Y.) History Chronology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The picture of Knickerbocker -- Inheriting Knickerbocker -- Fashioning a Knickerbocracy -- Knickerbocker in a new century.

Sommario/riassunto

Diedrich Knickerbocker was created in 1809 by a young Washington Irving,  who used the character to narrate his classic satire, A History of New  York. Bradley's stunning volume offers a surprising and delightful  glimpse behind the scenes of New York history, and invites readers into  the world of Knickerbocker, the antihero who surprised everyone by  becoming the standard-bearer for the city's exceptional sense of self,  or what we now call a New York ""attitude.""