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New York Hotel Experience Cultural and Societal Impacts of an American Invention Annabella Fick
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fick, Annabella <p>Annabella Fick, Cusanuswerk, Germany</p>, Author.
- Series:
- American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Volume 19.
- American Culture Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hotels.
- New York.
- Culture.
- Society.
- Experience.
- Waldorf Astoria.
- Cultural History.
- America.
- American History.
- Cultural Studies.
- American Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Hotels.
- New York.
- Culture.
- Society.
- Experience.
- Waldorf Astoria.
- Cultural History.
- America.
- American History.
- Cultural Studies.
- American Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fick, New York Hotel Experience Cultural and Societal Impacts of an American Invention
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2017
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Annabella Fick (PhD) works as an academic advisor for Cusanuswerk, a scholarship program for highly gifted Catholic students. Her research interests include American History, New York and Hotels.
- Summary:
- For more than two hundred years hotels have played a significant role in American history. The modern hotel is even an American invention. In five case studies of iconic New York hotels, this book presents the hotel experience of the white upper class, literati, young artists, African Americans and Jewish Americans in the twentieth century. Using a variety of texts, including autobiographies, movies and novels, the impact of hotel experience on society and culture – which has been neglected until now – becomes apparent. This unique approach offers a new way of reading New York and helps to better understand the city's special dynamics.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Table of Content 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1. Hotel Waldorf-Astoria - American Grand Hotel Par Excellence 57 2. Hotel Algonquin - Birthplace and Home of New York Sophistication 111 3. The Chelsea Hotel - New York's Bohemian Mecca 163 4. Hotel Theresa - Harlem's Center of African- American Self-Manifestation 213 5. Grossinger's Hotel and Country Club - Acculturation in Style 259 Conclusion 313 Works Cited and Illustrations 321
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839437810
- 3839437814
- OCLC:
- 979896978
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