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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Hell's Kitchen is among Manhattan's most storied and studied neighborhoods. A working-class district situated next to the West Side's middle- and upper-class residential districts, it has long attracted the focus of artists and urban planners, writers and reformers. Now, Joseph Varga takes us on a tour of Hell's Kitchen with an eye toward what we usually take for granted: space, and, particularly, how urban spaces are produced, controlled, and contested by different class and political forces. Varga examines events and locations in a crucial period in the formation of the Hell's Kitchen neighb. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Death in the Kitchen; CHAPTER 1: SPACE AS HISTORY; Hell's Kitchen; Uneven Geographic Development; The Production of Space; Implications; CHAPTER 2: RESTRUCTURING PROGRESSIVES; Progressive Vision and Visibility; Visibility and Occlusion; Representational Space and Performance; CHAPTER 3: WHEN HELL FROZE OVER; Policing the Boundaries; CHAPTER 4: HOUSING AND VISIBLE SPACES; Imagined Spatial Communities; Kitchen Space; CHAPTER 5: SPATIAL ECONOMIES; Working in the City; The Laboring Body; CHAPTER 6: HELL, DEATH, AND URBAN POLITICS. |
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The Restructured Spatial ContainerSelf-Perception and Citizenship; Conclusion: The Spatial Production of Desire; The Future of Cities; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
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National Book Committee. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1898-1951 |
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City planning -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951.
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Politics and government. |
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City planning -- Social aspects. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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City planning -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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City planning -- Political aspects. |
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City planning. |
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Social structure -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Social structure. |
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Social classes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Social classes. |
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Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Varga, Joseph J. Hell's Kitchen and the battle for urban space. New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013 9781583673492 (DLC) 2013019260 (OCoLC)825046318 |
| ISBN |
9781583673515 (electronic book) |
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1583673512 (electronic book) |
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9781583673492 |
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1583673490 |
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9781583673485 |
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1583673482 |
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