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City reading : written words and public spaces in antebellum New York / David M. Henkin.
Van Pelt Library F128.44 .H46 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henkin, David M.
- Series:
- Popular cultures, everyday lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City and town life--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- City and town life.
- Public spaces.
- History.
- Popular culture.
- Books and reading.
- Written communication.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Manners and customs.
- Written communication--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Books and reading--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Popular culture--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Public spaces--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231107447
- 0231107455
- OCLC:
- 38270594
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