| Description |
xx, 448 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-434) and index. |
| Contents |
Before the modern : the New York renaissance -- Times Square : urban realism for a new New York -- Paris and New York : from cubism to dada -- Bohemian ecstasy : modern art and culture -- New York modern : art in the jazz age -- Rhapsody in black : New York modern in Harlem -- Modernism versus New York modern : MoMA and the Whitney -- True believers on Union Square : politics and art in the 1930s -- Behind the American scene : music, dance, and the second Harlem renaissance -- New York blues : the bebop revolution -- Homage to the Spanish Republic : abstract expressionism and the New York avant-garde -- Life without father : postwar New York drama -- Renovating the modern : monuments and insurgents. |
| Subject |
Arts, American -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Arts, American. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Arts, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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National Book Committee. |
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Manners and customs. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. |
| Added Author |
Rutkoff, Peter M., 1942-
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| ISBN |
0801859980 acid-free paper |
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