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Author: David M. Henkin Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231107457 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 266
Book Description
Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York.
Author: David M. Henkin Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231107457 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 266
Book Description
Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York.
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Agriculture. Dairy and Food Division Publisher: ISBN: Category : Food adulteration and inspection Languages : en Pages : 1014
Author: Grady Clay Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226109459 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
"Grady Clay looks hard at the landscape, finding out who built what and why, noticing who participates in a city's success and who gets left in a 'sink,' or depressed (often literally) area. Clay doesn't stay in the city; he looks at industrial towns, truck stops, suburbs—nearly anywhere people live or work. His style is witty and readable, and the book is crammed with illustrations that clarify his points. If I had to pick up one book to guide my observations of the American scene, this would be it."—Sonia Simone, Whole Earth Review "The emphasis on the informal aspects of city-shaping—topographical, historical, economic and social—does much to counteract the formalist approach to American urban design. Close-Up...should be required reading for anyone wishing to understand Americans and their cities."—Roger Cunliffe, Architectural Review "Close-Up is a provocative and stimulating book."—Thomas J. Schlereth, Winterthur Portfolio "Within this coherent string of essays, the urban dweller or observer, as well as the student, will find refreshing strategies for viewing the environmental 'situations' interacting to form a landscape."—Dallas Morning News "Clay's Close-Up, first published in 1973, is still a key book for looking at the real American city. Too many urban books and guidebooks concentrate on the good parts of the city....Clay looks at all parts of the city, the suburbs, and the places between cities, and develops new terms to describe parts of the built environment—fronts, strips, beats, stacks, sinks, and turf. No one who wants to understand American cities or to describe them, should fail to know this book. The illustrations are of special interest to the guidebook writer."—American Urban Guidenotes
Author: David M. Henkin
Author: David M. Henkin
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Agriculture. Dairy and Food Division
Author: Louisiana. Legislature. House of Representatives
Author: New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners
Author: Ohio
Author: Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library
Author: Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General
Author: Grady Clay
Author: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council