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Deconstructing post-WWII New York City : the literature, art, jazz, and architecture of an emerging global capital / / Robert Bennett
| Deconstructing post-WWII New York City : the literature, art, jazz, and architecture of an emerging global capital / / Robert Bennett |
| Autore | Bennett Robert <1967-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (142 p.) |
| Disciplina | 700/.9747/109045 |
| Collana | Studies in American popular history and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Intellectuals - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century
Arts and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Modernism (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century City and town life - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-415-80689-5
1-315-81088-3 1-317-79387-0 1-317-79388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""Little Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky ... Little Boxes All the Same"":Deconstructing the Socio-Spatial Regime of Post-WWII New York City; The City andthe Arts: Theorizing Urban Space and Urban Culture; Frontiers for a Free Poetic Life:The Aesthetic Politics of Urban Space; Chapter One. Constructing the Post-WWII Megalopolitan Subject:The Socio-Spatial Ideology of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair
The Futurama's ""Vaguely Miesian"" Dream Cities: The Urban Ideology ofDavid Gelernter's 1939, The Lost World of the Fair""[W]e must Bulid them the Higways so they can Sell us the Cars"": Deconstructingthe Fair's Corporate Edeology; The Future will be ""AsAmerican as Coca-Cola"": The ""Goddam Battle Zone"" of Miles Beller's Dream of Venus; Chapter Two. ""Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs!"": Deconstructing the Architexture of International Style Modernism; From Industrial to Postindustrial Urbanism Deconstructing the International Style Modernist Corporate Skyscraper:George Oppen's Critique of Lever HouseChapter Three. The ""eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani saxophone cry that shivered thecities"": The Liquid Geometries of Post-WWII Jazz Literature; Radicalizing Jazz Literature: From the Beat Generation tothe Black Arts Movement; Chapter Four.""I am for an art that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum"": Envisioning Alternative Utopic Urban Spaces; ""Literature as Destruction of Space"": The Precarious Architecture ofBarbara Quest's Spatial Imagination ""Everything / Suddenly Honks: It is 12:40 of / a Thursday"": Frank O'Hara'sNew York SublimeConclusion:""Less is a bore"": Imagining the Postmodern City; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453636403321 |
Bennett Robert <1967-, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deconstructing post-WWII New York City : the literature, art, jazz, and architecture of an emerging global capital / / Robert Bennett
| Deconstructing post-WWII New York City : the literature, art, jazz, and architecture of an emerging global capital / / Robert Bennett |
| Autore | Bennett Robert <1967-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (142 p.) |
| Disciplina | 700/.9747/109045 |
| Collana | Studies in American popular history and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Intellectuals - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century
Arts and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Modernism (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century City and town life - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
0-415-80689-5
1-315-81088-3 1-317-79387-0 1-317-79388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""Little Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky ... Little Boxes All the Same"":Deconstructing the Socio-Spatial Regime of Post-WWII New York City; The City andthe Arts: Theorizing Urban Space and Urban Culture; Frontiers for a Free Poetic Life:The Aesthetic Politics of Urban Space; Chapter One. Constructing the Post-WWII Megalopolitan Subject:The Socio-Spatial Ideology of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair
The Futurama's ""Vaguely Miesian"" Dream Cities: The Urban Ideology ofDavid Gelernter's 1939, The Lost World of the Fair""[W]e must Bulid them the Higways so they can Sell us the Cars"": Deconstructingthe Fair's Corporate Edeology; The Future will be ""AsAmerican as Coca-Cola"": The ""Goddam Battle Zone"" of Miles Beller's Dream of Venus; Chapter Two. ""Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs!"": Deconstructing the Architexture of International Style Modernism; From Industrial to Postindustrial Urbanism Deconstructing the International Style Modernist Corporate Skyscraper:George Oppen's Critique of Lever HouseChapter Three. The ""eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani saxophone cry that shivered thecities"": The Liquid Geometries of Post-WWII Jazz Literature; Radicalizing Jazz Literature: From the Beat Generation tothe Black Arts Movement; Chapter Four.""I am for an art that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum"": Envisioning Alternative Utopic Urban Spaces; ""Literature as Destruction of Space"": The Precarious Architecture ofBarbara Quest's Spatial Imagination ""Everything / Suddenly Honks: It is 12:40 of / a Thursday"": Frank O'Hara'sNew York SublimeConclusion:""Less is a bore"": Imagining the Postmodern City; Bibliography; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Deconstructing post-World War II New York City
Deconstructing post-WW Two New York City |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790832903321 |
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Bennett Robert <1967-, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deconstructing post-WWII New York City : the literature, art, jazz, and architecture of an emerging global capital / / Robert Bennett
| Deconstructing post-WWII New York City : the literature, art, jazz, and architecture of an emerging global capital / / Robert Bennett |
| Autore | Bennett Robert <1967-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (142 p.) |
| Disciplina |
700/.9747/109045
700.9747109045 |
| Collana | Studies in American popular history and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Intellectuals - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century
Arts and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Modernism (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century City and town life - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
0-415-80689-5
1-315-81088-3 1-317-79387-0 1-317-79388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""Little Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky ... Little Boxes All the Same"":Deconstructing the Socio-Spatial Regime of Post-WWII New York City; The City andthe Arts: Theorizing Urban Space and Urban Culture; Frontiers for a Free Poetic Life:The Aesthetic Politics of Urban Space; Chapter One. Constructing the Post-WWII Megalopolitan Subject:The Socio-Spatial Ideology of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair
The Futurama's ""Vaguely Miesian"" Dream Cities: The Urban Ideology ofDavid Gelernter's 1939, The Lost World of the Fair""[W]e must Bulid them the Higways so they can Sell us the Cars"": Deconstructingthe Fair's Corporate Edeology; The Future will be ""AsAmerican as Coca-Cola"": The ""Goddam Battle Zone"" of Miles Beller's Dream of Venus; Chapter Two. ""Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs!"": Deconstructing the Architexture of International Style Modernism; From Industrial to Postindustrial Urbanism Deconstructing the International Style Modernist Corporate Skyscraper:George Oppen's Critique of Lever HouseChapter Three. The ""eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani saxophone cry that shivered thecities"": The Liquid Geometries of Post-WWII Jazz Literature; Radicalizing Jazz Literature: From the Beat Generation tothe Black Arts Movement; Chapter Four.""I am for an art that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum"": Envisioning Alternative Utopic Urban Spaces; ""Literature as Destruction of Space"": The Precarious Architecture ofBarbara Quest's Spatial Imagination ""Everything / Suddenly Honks: It is 12:40 of / a Thursday"": Frank O'Hara'sNew York SublimeConclusion:""Less is a bore"": Imagining the Postmodern City; Bibliography; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Deconstructing post-World War II New York City
Deconstructing post-WW Two New York City |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809842903321 |
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Bennett Robert <1967-, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Skyscraper [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers
| Skyscraper [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers |
| Autore | Flowers Benjamin Sitton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 720/.483097471 |
| Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - New York (State) - New York
Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89767-9
0-8122-0260-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1. Building, Money, and Power -- 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3. Capital Nightmares -- 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's -- PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's -- 6. Clients and Architect -- 7. Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's -- PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9. Regeneration Through Violence -- 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- CONCLUSION. Into the Future -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452411003321 |
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Flowers Benjamin Sitton
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Skyscraper [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers
| Skyscraper [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers |
| Autore | Flowers Benjamin Sitton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 720/.483097471 |
| Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - New York (State) - New York
Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Architecture Fine Art Garden History History |
| ISBN |
1-283-89767-9
0-8122-0260-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1. Building, Money, and Power -- 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3. Capital Nightmares -- 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's -- PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's -- 6. Clients and Architect -- 7. Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's -- PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9. Regeneration Through Violence -- 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- CONCLUSION. Into the Future -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779147503321 |
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Flowers Benjamin Sitton
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Skyscraper : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers
| Skyscraper : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers |
| Autore | Flowers Benjamin Sitton |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 720/.483097471 |
| Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - New York (State) - New York
Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-283-89767-9
0-8122-0260-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1. Building, Money, and Power -- 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3. Capital Nightmares -- 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's -- PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's -- 6. Clients and Architect -- 7. Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's -- PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9. Regeneration Through Violence -- 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- CONCLUSION. Into the Future -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825127603321 |
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Flowers Benjamin Sitton
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century
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- Arts and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century (3)
- Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century (3)
- City and town life - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century (3)
- City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century (3)