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Hell's Kitchen and the battle for urban space : class struggle and progressive reform in New York City 1894-1914 / Joseph J. Varga.
Van Pelt Library F128.68.H45 V37 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varga, Joseph J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social classes.
- History.
- Social structure.
- City planning--Political aspects.
- City planning.
- City planning--Social aspects.
- Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
- Politics and government.
- City planning--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.
- City planning--Political aspects--New York (State)--New York.
- Social structure--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Social classes--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Progressivism (United States politics)--History.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- 269 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Monthly Review Press, c2013.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Space as History 19
- Hell's Kitchen 19
- Uneven Geographic Development 27
- The Production of Space 31
- Implications 37
- Chapter 2 Restructuring Progressives 45
- Progressive Vision and Visibility 49
- Visibility and Occlusion 61
- Representational Space and Performance 74
- Chapter 3 When Hell Froze Over 87
- Policing the Boundaries 103
- Chapter 4 Housing and Visible Spaces 121
- Imagined Spatial Communities 127
- Kitchen Space 139
- Chapter 5 Spatial Economies 165
- Working in the City 169
- The Laboring Body 180
- Chapter 6 Hell, Death, and Urban Politics 203
- The Restructured Spatial Container 207
- Self-Perception and Citizenship 216
- Conclusion: The Spatial Production of Desire 231
- The Future of Cities 235.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781583673492
- 1583673490
- 1583673482
- 9781583673485
- OCLC:
- 825046318
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