02863nam 2200721 a 450 991078083240332120230207231117.01-282-24203-297866138131520-8135-4862-410.36019/9780813548623(CKB)2520000000007881(EBL)980037(OCoLC)804665267(SSID)ssj0000421604(PQKBManifestationID)11289390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421604(PQKBWorkID)10413304(PQKB)11473643(MiAaPQ)EBC980037(OCoLC)607553505(MdBmJHUP)muse21416(DE-B1597)529766(DE-B1597)9780813548623(Au-PeEL)EBL980037(CaPaEBR)ebr10367281(CaONFJC)MIL381315(OCoLC)1198929956(EXLCZ)99252000000000788120080811d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKnickerbocker[electronic resource] the myth behind New York /Elizabeth L. BradleyNew Brunswick, N.J. Rivergate Booksc20091 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4516-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-178) and index.The picture of Knickerbocker -- Inheriting Knickerbocker -- Fashioning a Knickerbocracy -- Knickerbocker in a new century.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.""Group identityNew York (State)New YorkCity and town lifeNew York (State)New YorkDutchNew York (State)New YorkHistoryManhattan (New York, N.Y.)Social life and customsNew York (N.Y.)Social life and customsNew York (N.Y.)In literatureNew York (N.Y.)HistoryChronologymyth, new york, dutch, dutchman, knickerbocker.Group identityCity and town lifeDutchHistory.974.7/103Bradley Elizabeth L.1973-1478991MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780832403321Knickerbocker3694863UNINA