How New York Became American, 1890?1924【電子書籍】[ Art M. Blake ]

＜p＞Originally published in 2006. For many Americans at the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, the city of New York conjured dark images of crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants. In ＜em＞How New York Became American, 1890?1924＜/em＞, Art M. Blake explores how advertising professionals and savvy business leaders "reinvented" the city, creating a brand image of New York that capitalized on the trend toward pleasure travel. Blake examines the ways in which these early boosters built on the attention drawn to the city and its exotic populations to craft an image of New York City as America writ urbanーa place where the arts flourished, diverse peoples lived together boisterously but peacefully, and where one could enjoy a visit.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing on a wide range of textual and visual primary sources, Blake guides the reader through New York's many civic identities, from the first generation of New York skyscrapers and their role in "Americanizing" the city to th．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る