The Park and the People: A History of Central Park - Couverture souple

Rosenzweig, Roy; Blackmar, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801497515 ISBN 13 : 9780801497513

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This "exemplary social history" (Kirkus Reviews) is the first full-scale account of Central Park ever published. Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig tell the story of Central Park's people--the merchants and landowners who launched the project; the immigrant and African-American residents who were displaced by the park; the politicians, gentlemen, and artists who disputed its design and operation; the German gardeners, Irish laborers, and Yankee engineers who built it; and the generations of New Yorkers for whom Central Park was their only backyard. In tracing the park's history, Blackmar and Rosenzweig give us the history of New York, and bring to life larger issues about the meaning of the word "public" in a democratic society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The late Roy Rosenzweig, Professor of History at George Mason University was the author of Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801497515
• ISBN 13: 9780801497513
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 640
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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